The skeletal remains found outside a home in Greenfield earlier this week are likely those of the man who lived there, and there is currently no indication that his death resulted from foul play, police said Thursday.
Maine State Police identified the man who lived at 407 Crocker Road as 60-year-old Joseph O’Clair, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
[Human remains found in Greenfield]
After the remains were found outside Crocker’s home Monday, investigators spent Tuesday and Wednesday searching the property. They have brought the remains to the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta, where DNA testing will be used to help confirm the identification.
Detectives are asking anyone who had contact with O’Clair in recent months to call the Maine State Police in Bangor at 207-973-3700.
McCausland previously said O’Clair’s relatives had little contact with him in recent months.
Greenfield is a township in Penobscot County on the border with Hancock County. It’s about 15 miles northeast of Old Town.