Identified! AR - Fayetteville - human jawbone, other items found in 900 block of W. Holly Street - Christian Hernandez

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Police find ‘possible human remains’ in Fayetteville

The remains were found early on the morning of January 11 on the 900 block of W. Holly Street in Fayetteville. The location is located several blocks north of the University of Arkansas campus.

Sgt. Tony Murphy of the Fayetteville Police Department said people were walking in the area shortly after 11 p.m. on January 10 when their dog discovered a jawbone [...] [H]e believes investigators have located “other items” and that the coroner is on scene and will examine that material.

Link to approximate location. The remains were found in thick scrub behind a densely-populated neighborhood. Street View shows some ranch houses and garden-style apartments surrounded by woods. It seems like a transient area. Lots of extended-stay motels around, a college campus a few blocks away, and major highways nearby.

There are only four Fayetteville missing-persons entries on NamUs. I think this Doe is probably Christian Hernandez, who was suicidal when he disappeared in 2020--he lived in the Colonial Arms apartments in the block southeast of where the remains were found. The next most-likely (IMHO) is Travis Roberson who disappeared from the Dickson Street Mardi Gras festival, about a mile and a half away, in 2006.

 

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Identified as Christian Hernandez of Fayetteville as of February 2, 2023. He disappeared in late December 2020 aged 18. Rest easy, Christian.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — UPDATE: 2/2 Fayetteville Police have confirmed the remains found on Jan. 11 are that of Christian Hernandez, a man who went missing in December 2020.


Police say they have notified the family and that no foul play is suspected.