The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reported today that a bone found in the Redway area in July has been identified as belonging to a local man reported missing in February of 2018.
According to a news release, the left tibia was sent to the Department of Justice and the agency notified the sheriff’s office Nov. 14 that the remains were confirmed to be those of Mark Charles Burleigh, who was 32 when he was last seen.
No “further findings” were located at the time after the area where the bone was found was searched using specialized canines, the release states.
“Search efforts will continue as part of the missing person investigation,” the release states.
Burleigh was last seen by a family member in the Alderpoint area in September of 2017, according to the HCSO missing persons’ database, which states Burleigh was “missing under suspicious circumstances.” A previous HCSO release says he had not reached “out to family or friends since that time.”
He was reported missing in February of 2018 and the case remains under investigation. The sheriff’s office asks anyone with information to call the it at (707) 445-7251 or its Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
Find the full release here.
This article appears in Community Connection.
