Created: 11/18/2009 10:20:49 AM 
Greensboro, NC -- Guilford County Sheriff's Office investigators have identified the human remains that were discovered Tuesday morning.
Surveyors the remains behind a home near Langside Road and Hicone Road in the northern part of the county.
They spent Tuesday collecting the bones and clothes found near the body. Investigators believe they found the remains of Henry Wilson. He was reported missing Dec. 2004 at the age of 84.
A surveillance camera captured the last known image of Henry Wilson. It was taken at a bus station in Greensboro on Dec. 18, 2004.
He had been reported missing after he did not get off a bus in Danville, Virginia.
"He showed up at the Greensboro bus station and appeared to have dementia or Alzheimer's as a patient. The Greensboro Police went by and assisted the bus station in trying to get him secured and actually helped him get a ticket set up to go back to where he was supposed to come to," said Col. Randy Powers of the Guilford County Sheriff's Office.
But sometime after that, Wilson left the bus station unnoticed. Later on that day, he was reportedly spotted around Highway 29 North.
"There was some searching done at that time in that area, but they were unable to locate," Powers said.
Now, five years later, his remains were found in that same general area. Investigators discovered pants, and a coat that matched the description of what he was wearing.
They found a Medicaid card with his name on it in the pocket of the coat.
"Also he was wearing a hat. We weren't able locate the hat, but we were able to locate a band that had been around the hat like he was wearing," Powers said.
Wilson's family in Danville has been notified of the discovery, Powers said.
"I understand that they were very saddened. You always like to be able to find your loved one who has been taken care of and had just got lost and someone picked them up and helped them, but unfortunately that doesn't appear to be the case here," he said.
Members of an anthropology team from UNC-Greensboro helped with the collection of the remains, and helped come up with a description of Wilson's approximate age, height and race.
Power said it's possible the body has been in the location all these years.
"Based on what I saw, it definitely appeared to be there a pretty good while and I think based on what the anthropologists also saw, they felt the same way," Powers said.
More testing will have to be done to determine that.
A positive identification won't be made until DNA testing is complete. That will be done in Texas and could take a few months, Powers said.
Right now there's nothing that indicates foul play.
The remains will likely arrive to the medical examiner's office Thursday to get more answers into Wilson's death.
WFMY News 2
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