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Body of 16-Year-Old Girl Found at Her Home 2 Weeks After She Went Missing, Deputies Say
Authorities say the death remains a homicide investigation after the remains of 16-year-old Shayln Harvey were identified, and her stepfather is jailed on related charges.
- On Monday, the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office confirmed that human remains discovered Friday at a Big Chimney property belong to missing 16-year-old Shayln Shantel Harvey.
- Harvey was reported missing by her stepfather, James Truman, on May 4; deputies searched the 355 Offutt Drive property where she lived last week following neighbor information.
- Executing a search warrant Friday, deputies discovered the remains with assistance from West Virginia Search and Rescue K-9 units and cadaver dogs.
- Truman was arrested May 8 on charges of "sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian or other person in position of trust to a child" and is held in the South Central Regional Jail on $100,000 bail.
- The Medical Examiner is determining cause of death while investigators continue processing evidence; those with information should contact the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office or the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673.
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Human Remains of Girl, 16, Found at Her Home 2 Weeks After She Disappeared as Stepfather Is Arrested
Shayln Shantel Harvey was reported missing on Monday, May 4, after she was last seen two days before in West VirginiaShayln Shantel HarveyCredit: Kanawha County Sheriff's OfficeNEED TO KNOWHuman remains of 16-year-old Shayln Shantel Harvey were found at her home in West Virginia on Friday, May 15Harvey's stepfather, James Truman, was arrested on charges of sexual abuse during the investigation into her disappearanceAuthorities have opened a homi…
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Human remains of girl, 16, found 2 weeks after stepdad accused of incest abuse
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The remains of 16-year-old Shalyn Harvey were found on the property of a home in Big Chimney, West Virginia, as her stepfather faces separate charges of incest and sexual abuse
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