Woodbridge, Va. –– The bones found last year in a wooded area in Woodbridge are those of Linda Mae Archer, police say.
Archer, 58, had been missing from her home in the 3600 block of Elm Farm Road since October 2004. Her family told police she was missing in January 2005.
A missing persons report was filed, but police were never able to determine if foul play was involved in her disappearance, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
On June 2, 2010, police were called to a wooded area near the intersection of Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road, less than two miles away from Archer’s home, where skeletal remains were found.
Those remains were sent to a lab for DNA comparison for a possible match with Archer’s relatives. This month, those remains were determined to be Archer’s, said Perok.
Archer’s case has now gone from a missing persons case to a death investigation.
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