GA GA - Gainesville, Skeletal Remains in 4100 block of Brown's Bridge Rd, 12 July 2019

[Gardener1850]

The human remains were located in the 4100 block of Brown's Bridge Road. According to Gainesville Police, the remains appeared to have been at the location for some time.

Skeletal remains found near Gainesville bridge

Gainesville Police said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has provided them with an anthropologist to assist in the recover and processing of the remains.

Authorities said the investigation is still in its earliest stages and details are still limited. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.

Old human remains found along road in Gainesville

 

[Gardener1850]

Police Chief Jay Parrish said it's too soon to tell the gender of the individual found by a person walking by a dry river bed near Browns Bridge Road and Fincher Drive, but right now they do suspect foul play.

"We most likely think that it's homicidal in nature just because the body was buried at that location and not laying out on the ground," Parrish explained. He believes much of the evidence probably washed away over time during periods of rain that flood the culvert.

Parrish said his officers worked with an anthropologist to dig deeper at the site and found additional bones that were turned over to the GBI. A pathologist plans to begin examining the remains Monday.

GBI autopsy Monday will examine skeletal remains found in a shallow grave in Gainesville

 

[Gardener1850]

Some Gainesville Missing Person cases:

Charlie Putnam:
GA - GA - Charlie Putnam, 54, Gainesville, 28 Feb 2018
Last seen about 10.9 miles away: Google Maps

Ricky Blocker: GA - GA - Ricky Blocker, 53, Gainesville, 7 June 2014
Last seen 4 miles away: Google Maps

Michael Bozeman: GA - GA - Michael Bozeman, 36, Gainesville, 10 Jan 2015
Last seen about 6.2 miles away: Google Maps

Alexander Bartlett:
GA - GA - Alexander Bartlett, 25, Gainesville, 24 May 2014
Last known address not given

Thomas Funk:
GA - GA - Thomas Funk, 47, Gainesville, 1 Oct 2011
Last seen about 10 miles away:
Google Maps

 

[Melt71]

Perhaps these remains were ID as they do not feature on the Georgia GBI UID list.

 

[Melt71]

There are zero cases in Namus from the state of Georgia for the year 2019, so hopefully this person was identified.