According to a post by the Fairmont Police on the department’s Facebook page, Isaiah David Edgell’s body was found in Harrison County by members of the West Virginia State Police. Edgell, who had been missing since March, was 55.
According to Fairmont police, Edgell was last seen March 16 in Fairmont, when he left a friend’s house in his 2003 red Ford F150. He did not show up to work and did not return to his apartment.
A flier posted on Facebook by Selleena Varner said Edgell told several friends and coworkers he was going to his farm March 17 before heading to work the next morning. The flier said he visited a friend and left her home between 9-10 a.m. March 16. According to the post, his last known whereabouts were in Fairmont and possibly in Clarksburg.
Police visited his farm and apartment, and it appeared he never made it to his farm on March 17.
Edgell resided in Masontown and in Center Point, according to a comment on the Fairmont Police Facebook page. Members of Edgell’s family live in North Carolina.
A spokesman for the Fairmont Police Department said no further information was available at the time of this report.
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