On June 12, 2018 volunteers from West Virginia K-9 Search and Rescue were utilizing cadaver dogs to search a particular area of Phyliss Drive, in Mink Shoals. The West Virginia Search and Rescue K-9’s had been in this particular area several times in the past assisting Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Detectives on a missing person investigation. At approximately 10:30 AM today, volunteers were searching the area again and located human remains.
The West Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office was contacted and responded to the scene. The remains were recovered and were transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office until they are identified.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigative Section at 304-357-0556. Tips can be emailed to tips@kanawhasheriff.us. Anonymous tips can be sent through our website at www.kanawhasheriff.us.