Overview
- Authorities confirmed the human remains recovered in Big Chimney are those of 16-year-old Shayln Harvey.
- Deputies located the body on the grounds of 355 Offutt Drive during a search-warrant search supported by cadaver K-9 teams from West Virginia Search and Rescue.
- The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy, and officials have not released the cause of death.
- Detectives are treating Harvey’s death as a homicide and are withholding further details as forensic work continues.
- Her stepfather, James Truman, is jailed on a $100,000 cash bond on separate sexual-abuse and incest charges, has not been charged in her death, and investigators say his arrest did not lead to the discovery of the remains.