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A high school track team running in Plandome Pond Park in Manhasset, New York, found human skeletal remains near train tracks around 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. The discovery may solve the year-long missing case of Shi Hua Xu, a 79-year-old woman with dementia who vanished from her Great Neck home in December 2025. Family members have identified a piece of clothing found at the scene as belonging to Xu, and DNA testing is pending for confirmation. The teenager who discovered the remains told investigators he was handling the situation well and hoped it would bring closure to Xu’s family.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-05,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
A high school runner on a track team, an Eagle Scout, discovered human remains while running near Plandome Pond Park in Manhasset at around 5:45 p.m. Thursday. The Nassau County Police Department is investigating whether the remains belong to Shi Hua Xu, a 79-year-old grandmother from Great Neck who went missing in December 2025. Xu, suffering from dementia, often took walks and was last seen in her neighborhood without her tracking device. The police commissioner stated that they aim to identify the body by the end of the day and do not suspect criminal activity at this time.
Written for “Remains Found In Park Case” on 2026-10-05,
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A teen who disturbingly stumbled upon human remains in a quaint Long Island park may have helped solve a year-long missing persons case.
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A local high school track team was running on trails through Plandome Pond Park in Manhasset around 5:45 p.m. on Thursday when one runner, an Eagle Scout, spotted skeletal remains in the brush, according to the Nassau County Police Department and NBC New York.
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“They were running adjacent to the train tracks, and they were coming through to the park.
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they → run → park
He discovered the remains,” Plandome Heights Mayor Kenneth Riscica told the outlet.
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Riscica → discover → outlet
Cops are now probing whether the remains belong to Shi Hua Xu, a 79-year-old grandmother who vanished from her home in the neighboring town of Great Neck in December 2025.
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who → probe → December
Xu, who suffers from dementia, frequently took strolls around the neighborhood and was spotted walking in Great Neck before she was never seen again.
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she → suffer → Neck
She was not wearing her tracker on the day she disappeared, and her family has been desperately searching for her ever since.
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family → wear → her
We are looking to positively identify the body by the end of the day.
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We don’t believe it to be criminal in nature,” Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder told the outlet.
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Ryder → believe → outlet
The missing grandmother’s family has positively identified a piece of clothing recovered at the scene as belonging to Xu, according to the report.
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The medical examiner’s office is awaiting positive identification from DNA testing to confirm whether the body was Xu.
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body → await → testing
Despite the grim discovery, the teen who found the remains told detectives he was “doing fine” and was happy to bring a family some closure.
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he → find → closure
“When the detectives asked him how he was doing, his response was ‘I’m doing fine.
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I → ask → him
I only hope this brings closure to a family that lost someone’,” Riscica said.
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Riscica → hope → someone
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