Identified! KY - Henderson Co., Bones found in wooded area, Feb 2018 - Dianna Henry

The Henderson County Sheriff's Office and Kentucky State Police are investigating skeletal remains that were found in a wooded area.

The remains were found in the southern portion of the county.
As of this posting, authorities have not determined whether the remains are human.

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http://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/authorities-investigating-skeletal-remains/979577965

Well, if they do turn out to be human and we get more specifics, we can start with these:

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/41165/
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/37033/
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/32534/
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/82/
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/52/
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/2239/

[h=1]KSP: bones discovered in Henderson Co. are human[/h]

Kentucky State Police announced on Monday that the skeletal remains found in a wooded area in Henderson County have been identified as human.

However, KSP said it has not determined the biological sex, age, or any other information about the remains yet.

The bones were found in the woods around the Cairo-Little Dixie area, according to authorities.
A crew of five people from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Anthropology Department are assisting the investigation and are looking for more remains.
The bones have been taken to the university for further evaluation.
The Kentucky State Medical Examiner's Office has an agreement with the university.

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http://www.tristatehomepage.com/new...iscovered-in-henderson-co-are-human/981936227

[h=1]Team of experts identifies bones discovered in Henderson County as human[/h]

Henderson County Coroner Bruce Farmer said members of the anthropological department from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville will have to run further tests to identify the gender.
The team is from the Forensic Anthropological Research Center, which is home to the famous "body farm" where experts study cadaver decomposition rates, forensic entomology and other areas of science related to dead bodies.
"The bones have been taken to the University of Tennessee for further testing," Farmer said.
The remains were found last week in the Cairo-Little Dixie area, he said. A hunter discovered them in a wooded area and then notified the owner of the property. The property owner notified authorities on Saturday.

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https://www.thegleaner.com/story/ne...aded-henderson-help-identify-bones/351019002/

[h=1]"Body farm" experts helping identify human bones found in Henderson County[/h]

Experts from the University of Tennessee's renowned Forensic Anthropology Center took the bones back with them to Knoxville Monday to work on the mystery.

The center is well-known for its "body farm," where experts study cadaver decomposition rates, forensic entomology and other topics related to dead bodies.

"They found most of the parts of a body," said Henderson County Coroner Bruce Farmer.
However, he said, because the pelvic bone was broken, the gender of the bones is not yet known.

Other objects were also found along with the remains, Farmer said, but he declined to say what those were.

"We are not releasing that until we get a little farther along in the investigation," he said.

Because the coroner's office isn't called until there is a body, Farmer said his office is handling the investigative work while the University of Tennessee experts examine the bones.
"We have a couple people missing, and I've asked the families for anything that might help identify who this is," Farmer said.


That includes DNA samples that might be used for comparison should experts be able to recover DNA from the bones.
"They were going to check for DNA if traces of bone marrow are left," he said.
Those missing person cases include 64-year-old Corydon, Kentucky, resident Dianna Henry, as well as Heather Teague, who disappeared under suspicious circumstances in 1995.

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https://www.courierpress.com/story/...human-bones-found-henderson-county/359866002/

Dianna's thread: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?366324-KY-Dianna-Henry-64-Corydon-27-May-2008
Heather's Thread: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...ather-Teague-23-Spottsville-26-Aug-1995/page6

Any updates on this? Couldn't find any with a google search. I wonder if they're Heather's.

Still no updates??? Male/Female??

Mando said:

Still no updates??? Male/Female??

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Nothing that I see. I can't find it in NAMUS.

Human bones found in Henderson County still waiting for identification

Most likely a female.

February 20, 2019
Year-long death investigation continues in Henderson Co.

A year-long death investigation continues in Henderson County.

Human remains were found last February near Corydon and investigators are still waiting on a positive identification.

The collected evidence has now been shipped hundreds of miles from the Tri-State for even more testing.
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The human remains were found in Henderson County near Corydon off Rock Springs Dixie Road. An anthropology team from UT Knoxville have tested them, but exhausted their leads.

Now, even more testing has been requested.

The remains were sent to the University of North Texas for a forensic analysis, who plan to carefully look at micro DNA.

“The more you disturb the evidence that you obtained, the less likely you are to find the DNA, the essential parts to solving these cases,” Trooper King explained.
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The National Unidentified Persons Data System shows Henderson has seven people reported missing. Corydon has one. Dianna Henry went missing in 2008 at the age of 64.

Kentucky State Police tell 14 News they were able to collect DNA from family members of Mrs. Henry, and that could be a critical part in closing this case.

"Could this be something more, or is this even a different a person? Possibly.
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Trooper King tells me even the clothing and articles found were badly decomposed, so investigators must wait for those DNA results.

Year-long death investigation continues in Henderson Co.

Still no word on gender of the remains or post mortem interval.

NamUs page The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Authorities have confirmed that human remains found in the Cairo-Little Dixie area in 2018 are that of 64-year-old Dianna Henry.

Remains identified as Henderson County woman missing since '08

Diana's thread on WS: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ky-dianna-henry-64-corydon-27-may-2008.366324