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Skeletal remains found by Portsmouth landscaping crew identified as missing man

Police were investigating at the scene where a body was found along Frederick Boulevard Friday morning.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Police in Portsmouth say skeletal remains found two weeks ago belonged to a missing man.

On August 25, a landscaping crew found a decomposed body in the 2500 block of Frederick Boulevard. On Friday, police identified the remains as 78-year-old Roger Hammond.

He was reported missing on May 2, with police saying he had been last seen near the 3600 block of High Street, heading toward Walmart.

Investigators are still looking into how Hammond died.

Credit: Portsmouth Police Dept.
Roger Hammond

    

 

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