Virginia’s chief medical examiner’s office unveiled three busts it hopes will help identify the remains of three people found in the past decade.
Forensic anthropologists and artists with the FBI created facial approximations for three unidentified skeletal remains.
Remains of a black man in his mid-30s and standing 5-foot-7 or 5-foot-8 were found Jan. 16, 2003, under the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge by a National Park Service worker.
Remains of an Asian man in his late 30s or early 40s and standing 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-9 were found Feb. 13, 2011, by a man walking his dog in the area of Fords Landing Way in Alexandria.
The third facial approximation is for an older white man who stood between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-11. His remains were discovered in the woods near eastbound Interstate 66 at Route 7100 in Fairfax.
“We hope that by presenting the facial approximations to the public someone will recognize one of these individuals as their long lost loved one,” Chief Medical Examiner Leah Bush said. “We’re working with the United States Park Police and Fairfax County Police Department to help identify these individuals, and we encourage anyone with information that may lead to the identities of these individuals profiled to contact us.”
Statewide, authorities have 220 unidentified people. Some unidentified remains were discovered in the 1970s.
