Police say bones found in Manassas woods are those of a murder victim

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Prince William County police believe that a person whose bones were found last month in the woods in the Manassas area was a victim of murder.

The human remains were found near the 8000 block of Barrett Drive on Jan. 13. On Thursday, the police department announced that they believe the victim was murdered.

Officer Nathan Probus said that investigators are still working with the medical examiner’s office in the hope of identifiying the victim. So far, they know only that he was an adult man.

Probus said that officers hope dental records or DNA might identify the man.

He would not say how the medical examiner’s office came to its preliminary finding that the man was murdered.