Bones Near the Barnhardt Trailhead

pixelfrog · Post by **pixelfrog** » Jan 05 2018 3:49 pm

Anyone else hear about this or have any other information? I did this hike last April and the remains were estimated to be a year old, so I may have passed the departed. I do seem to remember some vultures circling the area.

http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/gila_ ... c2253.html

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Jan 05 2018 4:34 pm

@pixelfrog
I guess too new to be Robert William Fisher.

cactuscat · Post by **cactuscat** » Jan 05 2018 5:03 pm

azbackpackr wrote:I guess too new to be Robert William Fisher.

Too bad.
A few years ago my Federal Agent girlfriend had to hop a helicopter to the North Rim to check out a credible sighting ... wasn't him, obviously, but the guy looked alot like him and had the same distinctive straight-backed posture.

te_wa · Post by **te_wa** » Jan 05 2018 8:30 pm

"and a holstered gun"

at least the registered owner to said gun can be found out within minutes. ??

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Jan 05 2018 8:43 pm

@te_wa
Many guns are not registered, have never been registered, or are sold privately without changing the original registration, none of which possiblities are illegal in Arizona.

Sredfield · Post by **Sredfield** » Jan 05 2018 8:53 pm

te_wa wrote: ↑Jan 05 2018 8:30 pm "and a holstered gun"

at least the registered owner to said gun can be found out within minutes. ??

It seems like a lead at least. So strange that no connection to missing persons has surfaced.

Vaporman · Post by **Vaporman** » Jan 07 2018 7:28 pm

Maybe GPSJoe? Would be nice for his family & friends looking for him to finally get some closure...

joebartels · Post by **joebartels** » Jan 07 2018 7:41 pm

@Vaporman
great to hear from you

seems unlikely

There were men’s clothing still on the skeletal remains, a backpack nearby and a holstered gun, but no identification.

no need for anyone to fill this thread with speculation either

The remains will be sent to the University of South Texas for analysis, including sex, age and possibly cause of death. DNA from the bones will also be put into a nationwide database to see if there are any matches.

Vaporman · Post by **Vaporman** » Jan 08 2018 10:23 am

@joebartels True... Guess we’ll have to wait and see what the lab says. Glad to hear you are doing better!

Sredfield · Post by **Sredfield** » Jan 03 2019 8:53 pm

Has anyone heard anything about this? I think of it everytime I drive by, which is quite often.

Grasshopper · Post by **Grasshopper** » Jan 03 2019 9:21 pm

Sredfield wrote: ↑Jan 03 2019 8:53 pm Has anyone heard anything about this? I think of it everytime I drive by, which is quite often.

Tomorrow 1/4/19, I will call Det. Sgt. David Hornung with the Gila County Sheriff’s Office to follow-up

Nighthiker · Post by **Nighthiker** » Jan 09 2019 8:57 am

Article in the Payson Roundup on 1/8 states the remains have been identified as Daniel M. Andrews of the valley according to Sgt. Paul Hornung of the Gila County Sheriff's Office.

Grasshopper · Post by **Grasshopper** » Jan 09 2019 10:38 am

Nighthiker wrote: ↑Jan 09 2019 8:57 am Article in the Payson Roundup on 1/8 states the remains have been identified as Daniel M. Andrews of the valley according to Sgt. Paul Hornung of the Gila County Sheriff's Office.

OK.. this now confirms a name.
(maybe my 1/4 & 1/7 attempted contacts to the Payson Roundup and to Det. Sgt. Paul Hornung prompted this 1/8/19 article)

Sredfield · Post by **Sredfield** » Jan 09 2019 3:26 pm

Thanks Hank.

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