Remains found in Manassas have been identified as those of a 51-year-old man, police said.
On Sept. 14, landscape workers notified police that they had found human remains near in a wooded area near the intersection of Dumfries Road and Manassas Mill Road. Manassas police said Thursday that the remains are those of William Lewis Schaeffer Jr., of Manassas.
The cause and manner of Schaeffer’s death have not been determined yet, but there is no indication that the man’s death was caused by a criminal act.
Also Thursday, skeletal remains found in Stafford County were identified as a District woman who had been missing since summer 2006.
