Search concludes for remains of Monongahela man
State police said they have concluded their search of two locations in Fayette and Washington counties for human remains believed to be those of a long-missing Monongahela man. Officials said today that investigators cleared two sites Wednesday evening where they had been searching for the remains of Jerry Lee Cushey who disappeared in Oct. 2001.
Police noted that evidence of human remains was recovered from at least one of the sites.
Police said Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, a forensic anthropologist from Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute in Erie, led an investigation at a remote wooded area in North Union Township where police confirmed they discovered human remains.
At the same time, a second team of investigators scoured a property in Twilight, Washington County.
Read Josh Krysak’s story in tomorrow’s Herald-Standard for more details.