Takoma Park Cold Case Now Homicide

The remains were found in 1982 and DNA recently matches them to Cynthia Joan Gastelle.

Prince William County police identified a Takoma Park woman after skeletal remains that were found in 1982 were just matched to her DNA, police announced Wednesday. The case is now considered a homicide. Cynthia Joan Gastelle had been reported missing from Takoma Park on April 3 1980. The case went cold. Remains were found nearly two years later on Feb. 12, 1982 on Bull Run Mountain off of Mountain Road in the Haymarket area of Prince William County and on May 10, 2012 the DNA was matched to Gastelle. Follow us for updates on Facebook and Twitter. Police in Prince William County are investigating Gastelle's death as a homicide and seeking the public's help in their investigation, police said in a press conference Wednesday. They are …

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