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Sheriff confirms remains identified as missing doctor

The search for missing doctor John Lawson Magruder has come to an end, but it is not the conclusion many were hoping for. According to a Thursday press release from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, the West Virginia State medical examiner confirmed the identity of the human ...

Human remains identified

A press release from Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified the human remains found in Coopers Rock State Forest as 39-year-old John Lawson Magruder of Morgantown, WV, who had been reported missing on July 27th, ...

Rumors abound about found body

“Empty space eventually fills up with something. A void, cultivated in the aftermath of misfortune, begins to attract the wrong kind of attention.” — Rahma Krambo In the weeks since human remains were found at Coopers Rock, rumors regarding the person’s identity and what could have ...

Wait on remains identification continues

There is still no official confirmation of the identity of the human remains found Labor Day weekend by a hiker in Coopers Rock State Forest. The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department said they cannot release details on the investigation until an official identification is made by the ...

Palmer — No name will be released until ID is made

“I cannot release the person’s name until I get a positive ID from the medical examiner,” Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer told The Dominion Post on Wednesday, holding to previous statements that the department is not able to release information on the identity of human remains ...