Human skeletal remains found in Boyle County do not belong to Andrea Knabel, family says
The family of missing Louisville mother Andrea Knabel confirmed Tuesday evening that the human remains found recently in Boyle County did not belong to her.
The family said they had been in contact with Kentucky State Police after the remains were found on Friday in case they belonged to Knabel.
KSP troopers were called to a scene in Perryville Friday night in reference to "possible human remains," and their initial investigation found "human skeletal remains" in a field off of Craintown Road, said Justin Kearney, a spokesperson for Kentucky State Police.
In a Facebook comment on the page "Finding Andrea," Erin Knabel, Andrea's sister, wrote her family reached out to state police after learning about the discovery.
"Remains were found on a farm and the woman seems to have been deceased for 3-5 yrs," she wrote. "... The detective working Andrea's case was made aware too. We will check back with them when they have more info. Dental records of Andrea's are similar to these remains."
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Kearny said the remains were removed from the property and will be transported to the state medical examiner's office in Frankfort to be identified.
Police officials were not immediately available to confirm contact with the Knabel family Sunday afternoon.
Who is Andrea Knabel?
Knabel has been missing since Aug. 13, 2019, when she was last seen walking along the 4000 block of Fincastle Road near the Audubon Park and Camp Taylor neighborhoods, at around 1 a.m.
Knabel's case gained a following when Erin Knabel began posting about the disappearance on Facebook. Her case has also been featured on an Investigation Discovery episode as well as Discovery+, which aired a four-part docuseries on the incident.
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Anyone who may have information about this investigation is asked to contact KSP Post 7 at 859-623-2404.
Contact Courier Journal reporter Rae Johnson at RNJohnson@gannett.com. Follow them on Twitter at @RaeJ_33.
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