Update: Search for Human Remains In Park To Resume Thursday

(Updated at 5:25 p.m.) FALLS CHURCH, VA — Detectives with search dogs combed through two parks in the Falls Church area for human remains on Wednesday as part of an investigation into gang activity, the Fairfax County police announced via Twitter. One search turned up empty, while the search in the other park was suspended until Thursday.

The detectives completed their search at Lemon Road Park, "and they no longer believe any remains were buried there," the police said. The park is off Leesburg Pike (Route 7) north of Interstate 66.

The search in Holmes Run Stream Valley Park, near the 6000 block of Crater Place in the Lincolnia area, was temporarily suspended overnight and will resume early Thursday, the police said.

The homicide, gang unit and crime scene detectives were acting on tips they recently received, the police said. They were joined by members of the Police Department’s Search and Rescue Unit, along with two “live find” and cadaver dog teams from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and Urban Search and Rescue Team.

A cadaver dog team from the Montgomery County, Md., Police Department also joined the search.

Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Major Crimes Division at 703-246-7800, or:

• Contact Crime Solvers electronically by visiting www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org
• Text-a-tip by texting “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES (274637)
• Call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477
• Call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131