Man’s body found in Redstone Creek
Fayette County officials refused to release information following an autopsy conducted Wednesday night on a man’s body found in Redstone Creek behind the Greater Uniontown Joint Sewage Authority. The body was discovered Wednesday morning and was initially believed to be a South Union Township man who has been missing since Saturday.
But Wednesday night, Fayette County Coroner Dr. Phillip E. Reilly said the results of an autopsy conducted by Allegheny County Forensic Pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht would be withheld until the unidentified man’s family was notified.
Reilly declined to release any information regarding the examination, including the man’s identity and cause of death.
Deputy Coroner Marissa Springer pronounced the man dead at 11:47 a.m. Wednesday.
The body was found in the same area of Fayette County that state police have scoured in recent days in search of William “Billy” McCune, 35, of Bierer Wood Acres, who has been missing since the weekend.
According to state police, the body was found in Redstone Creek at 11:07 a.m. downstream from where searchers had previously found a bicycle and backpack that allegedly belonged to McCune.
Police said the decomposed body was found face up in the creek about 50 yards upstream from the sewage plant discharge.
McCune was reported missing Sunday. Police said he was last seen riding a bicycle near Little Summit Road in Dunbar Township around 4:40 p.m. Saturday.
An unidentified woman discovered McCune’s birth certificate on the sidewalk on North Beeson Avenue in Uniontown Monday afternoon and turned it in to city police.
Editor’s note: Herald-Standard staff writer Josh Krysak contributed to this report.