DANVILLE, Va. – The State Medical Examiner has identified skeletal remains found in Danville late last year as those of a missing Pittsylvania County man, Robert Isaac Hurt.

Danville Police began a death investigation after a crew of workers clearing trees along a power line right of way found human skeletal remains late in the afternoon of December 8, 2020.

Hurt’s family reported him missing in December of 2018. Family members found his truck unoccupied on Goodyear Boulevard after the large snowstorm that year. Multiple agencies were involved in the search and investigation into the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.

Danville Police notified the Hurt family Thursday evening.

The Danville Police Department will continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding Hurt’s death. The remains showed no evidence of obvious trauma according to a preliminary report, but police are still awaiting results from the full autopsy.

The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office is the lead agency in the missing person’s case.