Crime & Safety

Skeletal Remains Found on Furnace Road

Gender and other vital information still unknown.

What appears to be human remains were found just before noon today by a man walking along the railroad tracks above Furnace Road between Route 1 and Old Colchester Road.

Investigators spent much of the afternoon at the scene and have determined preliminarily that that the remains were of an adult, but can’t say how long the body has been at the site. They still must determine how the body got to where it was found, whether it was taken there or is related to the railroad tracks that are only a few feet away.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text β€œTIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.

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