Missing persons case leads to human remains discovery

Published 10:39 am Thursday, October 19, 2017

ORANGE COUNTY — Law enforcement is working to identify human remains found during the search for a missing person in Orange County.

Detectives with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division were conducting a missing persons investigation on Monday, which led them to a wooded area north of the 2600 block of MacArthur Drive in Pinehurst.

Human remains of one person were discovered. Detectives assisted in recovering the remains by a forensic anthropologist from Sam Houston State University, according to a press release from the OCSO.

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At this time, tests are being conducted to determine the positive identity of the person.

The investigation is on-going by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office CID, the Texas Rangers, and the Pinehurst Police Department.