Identified! NC - Iredell Co, Skeletal Remains Near Water Tower, Mooresville, Jan 2019 - Anastasia Meadors

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The Iredell County Sheriff's Office has launched an investigation after skeletal human remains were found in a secluded area near Mooresville Tuesday.

The remains appeared to have been at the site "for a lengthy period of time," Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell said. It's not yet known how the person died.

Someone reported stumbling across the remains in an area on Bridgewater Lane around 3 p.m., Campbell said. The area is near a water tower and beside Interstate 77 north of Williamson Road. It is outside the Mooresville town limits.

Campbell said the remains appeared to comprise one body. One skull was found.

Human remains found near Mooresville water tower

County and state officials continued their work Thursday into identifying the human skeletal remains found outside of Mooresville on Tuesday.

Medical examiners at Wake Forest Baptist Health received the remains Wednesday and conducted a forensic autopsy, Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell said.

Campbell said the medical examiner drew some conclusions about the bones, which Campbell said he doesn’t want to make public at this time. The medical examiner’s office referred the remains to a forensic expert at N.C State University in Raleigh for a second opinion.

Campbell said investigators haven’t been able to narrow down when the person may have died or an identity.

No ID yet on human remains; officials request second opinion after autopsy

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office is bringing in more investigators, including forensic experts, to process the scene in Mooresville where skeletal human remains were found Tuesday.

Sheriff Darren Campbell said bone analysis experts were being added to the investigation to help determine the age and sex of the person.

“We are reaching out to other counties, other cities to see if they have a missing person,” he said.

Update: Forensic experts assisting after human bones found near Mooresville

 

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Jan 26, 2019 Updated 5 hrs ago

Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell said he is awaiting the opinions of experts to determine the identity and a possible cause of death on human remains found earlier this month near Mooresville.

“We are at the mercy of the experts,” Campbell said Saturday morning.

The remains were found around 3 p.m. on Jan. 14 in a secluded area off Bridgewater Lane, just outside the Mooresville town limits.

Investigators pored through the area on foot and used a drone to document the scene and to find as many bones as possible. A skull was among those bones found, Campbell said. He said all of the bones appear to be from one body.

Authorities await experts to determine identity of human remains

 

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Still unidentified and added to NAMUS: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Not much info there:

Sex: Unsure
Race / Ethnicity: Uncertain
Estimated Age Group: Cannot Determine
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair Color Unknown or Completely Bald
Eye Color Unknown or Missing

Location Found Map
General Location 100 Bridgewater Ln. Mooresville, North Carolina 28117
Iredell County

Circumstances of Recovery
Skeletal remains recovered in wooded area during survey of a vacant lot.

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton

 

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Sheriff’s Office waits for results on human remains found more than six months ago

Jul 27, 2019

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On Friday, Campbell said experts in Raleigh had provided findings, but the remains were sent to a lab in Texas for DNA evaluation.

“They have the capability to give us an accurate determination,” he said.

He added the process typically has a waiting time of a year, but the lab is trying to complete the process within two months. It is not clear when the body arrived at the lab.

He also said that although the possibility of the person being from Iredell County has not been ruled out, it seems unlikely.

“Right now, the direction of the investigation does not appear to have a connection to an Iredell County missing persons case,” he stated.

He added that sending the remains to Texas was the most economical way to obtain an accurate identification of the remains, saying North Carolina’s options for medical forensics could not provide conclusive results.

Sheriff’s Office waits for results on human remains found more than six months ago

 

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Not sure if this is the same set of remains but the person is identified. There is a thread for her too.

Human remains found in Iredell County identified as missing Charlotte woman

Human remains that were found near a Food Lion in Mooresville earlier this year have been identified as a missing Charlotte woman, deputies announced Wednesday.

According to the Iredell County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to a wooded area off Bridgewater Lane in Mooresville on January 15 after someone found skeletal remains. Over a two-day span, multiple bones were found and an autopsy was performed.

The remains were sent to North Carolina State University for processing. During that 10-month span, detectives searched through missing person reports for a possible identification of the remains.

In October, the University of Northern Texas Center for Human Identification notified Iredell County authorities that DNA from a tooth confirmed the victim's identity as 29-year-old Anastasia Talisha Meaders of Charlotte. Meaders was reported missing in August 2016 but was last seen alive in June.

 

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Rest in peace Ms. Meaders.

 

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December 04, 2019 12:10 PM

Skull and bones found in woods near a Mooresville Food Lion at Lake Norman in January have been identified as the remains of a 29-year-old Charlotte woman who has been missing since 2016, Iredell County sheriff’s investigators said.

Anastasia Talisha Meaders, 29, died after being shot in the head, Sheriff Darren Campbell said in a news release Wednesday.

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In October, the University of Northern Texas Center for Human Identification notified investigators that DNA from a tooth confirmed the victim was Anastasia Talisha “Star” Meaders, according to the release.

In July 2016, Meaders’ 2007 Impala was found abandoned at Liberty Park in Mooresville, a few miles from Bridgewater Lane, according to the sheriff’s office.

Investigators hope someone will identify the driver who gave Meaders’ killer a ride after leaving the her car in Liberty Park.

Read more here: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article238032079.html#storylink=cpy

 

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Her missing person thread: Found Deceased - NC - Anastasia Meaders, 28, Charlotte, 17 June 2016