MANASSAS, Va. — The human remains that were found in Manassas, Virginia on Sunday have been identified as a 54-year-old man from Manassas.
The cause of death of the man appears to be suicide based on evidence that was found on the scene and additional remains, according to police.
The identity of the deceased man is pending for official confirmation and further anaysis from the Medical Examiner's Office, according to police.
Sunday just after 1:00 p.m. Prince William County Police were called to Wellington Rd, in Manassas Virginia, where a resident was walking and found bones on the ground, those bones turned out to be human.
Sargant Perok with Prince William County Police told WUSA9 that at this time there are no indications for community concern.
Police have been checking the property for any other remaining bones. Sargant Perok believes that the bones have been there for a while.
On Sunday a man called police after he found some "human bones" near the 7400 block of Wellington Rd in Manassas, According to Prince William County Police Department.
A man was walking near a retention pond when he located what he described at skeletal remains on the ground.
The remains have been taken to the Medical Examiners office, where they were officially confirmed to be human.
Detectives with the Violent Crimes Bureau are actively investigating
the death. More information will be released when it becomes available.