Remains found in search for missing Connecticut couple
WESTON, Conn. -- State Police have collected possible human remains found during a search connected to the disappearance of a Connecticut couple who went missing in August, CBS affiliate WFSB reports.
Authorities made the discovery Thursday afternoon at a vacant home belonging to a fiend of Kyle Navin in Weston, about 30 miles southwest of New Haven, according to The Connecticut Post. They were taken to the medical examiner's office for identification.
State police returned to the scene Friday with K-9 units to continue their search, according to the station.
Fifty-five-year-old Jeanette Navin and 56-year-old Jeffrey Navin of Easton haven't been seen since Aug. 4. Their pickup truck was found with a shattered window in a commuter lot off the Merritt Parkway in Westport Aug. 9 by state troopers, according to Connecticut State Police.
The Connecticut Post wrote that Laura Thompson, the wife of Jeffrey Navin's brother, reported them missing Aug. 7, after her brother-in-law hadn't collected the refuse along his route in several days.
She reportedly told police the last time anyone heard from the couple was Aug. 4, when they visited their 27-year-old son, Kyle Navin, who was arrested Sept. 8 on a federal gun charge and has pleaded not-guilty. He has not been charged in connection with his parents' disappearance.
Court papers detailed a series of text messages between Kyle Navin and his father. Jeffrey Navin texted his son shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 4, saying he wasn't going home "til I know mom is okay," according to an arrest warrant affidavit. He then asked his son if he hurt his mother.
Authorities say Kyle Navin told police conflicting versions of his actions on the day his parents disappeared. And the day after his parents vanished, Kyle Navin bought germicidal bleach, hair/grease drain opener, stain remover and contractor cleanup bags, police said.
Kyle is listed as an operations manager for the family refuse company, J & J Refuse in Weston. His father is reportedly the company's president.
State court records show Jeffrey Navin was $2.2 million in debt as of December in connection with a mortgage on a Guilford home. But relatives have denied that their disappearance is related to the debt.
Police released a statement in August from the Navin family, saying the "financial issues recently reported by the media have not been proven to be a factor for our family members' disappearance."
"Information from the authorities indicates that there are available funds still in their bank accounts that are untouched," the statement said.
Over the summer, authorities investigating the case unsuccessfully searched for the couple's remains at a landfill in Northeastern Connecticut.