Stays Recognized of Man Who Vanished After Leaving for Work in 1984

Stays present in a California park 4 many years in the past have lastly been recognized as a lacking man who disappeared after leaving for work.

Brian Edward Jones was 20 years outdated when he was final seen on Jan. 7, 1985, in line with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Household mentioned they final noticed him in December 1984 as he left for work, FOX affiliate KTVU reported.

Authorities mentioned Jones “was very despondent” following a break-up along with his girlfriend, and “made statements that he was going to leap off of a bridge.”

4 months later, partial stays had been present in Menlo Park, in line with KTVU and ABC affiliate KGO-TV.

The stays had been exhumed in October 2023, KTVU and Patch reported.

The DNA was reportedly submitted to the Mixed DNA Index System, an FBI-maintained database, and later confirmed a doable organic relationship between the stays present in Menlo Park and a pattern submitted as a part of a 2016 lacking individual report.

In April 2025, the San Mateo County Coroner’s Workplace discovered there was a robust familial relationship between the aforementioned samples.

After extra testing, the company introduced on Friday, Might 23, that the stays present in Menlo Park belonged to Jones. It stays unclear how he died.

Coroner Robert Foucrault applauded his workers for the onerous work they did on the case, in line with the San Mateo Day by day Journal.

“For my workers that labored on it, it’s a job effectively accomplished as a result of they’ve put closure on a case for somebody’s beloved one which’s been lacking for a very long time,” he mentioned.

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The coroner’s workplace additionally mentioned it’s turning into simpler to determine beforehand unidentified stays and produce “aid” to households as know-how improves.

“Data again then weren’t effectively documented so it takes numerous work for my workers to do numerous analysis and backtracking,” Foucrault mentioned. 

The coroner’s and sheriff’s places of work didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s requests for remark.

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