Officials have confirmed that the human remains found Sept. 30 in a farm field three miles northwest of Montezuma are those of missing 11-year-old Xavior Harrelson of Montezuma.
The Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office released this statement on Friday, Oct. 15:
“On today’s date, the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office was notified by the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s office that the human remains have been positively identified as those of Xavior Harrelson.”
Poweshiek County Sheriff Thomas Kriegel added that a cause of death has not been released.