Lyon County Sheriff’s investigators are still working to identify a body found near Fernley last year, but do not believe the remains are those of a man who has been missing since 2022.
A person walking on a nature trail in a wooded area on the south side of Farm District Road found the body on Jan. 7, 2025. The remains are of a man believed to be between 5’6” and 5’10” and less than 70 years old. The person was wearing sweatpants, a medium-sized Starter jacket, a dark blue XL long-sleeve Faded Glory brand shirt, a knit beanie hat, and a blue George brand XL jacket, with khaki Dickies brand pants and brown tennis shoes.
LCSO Chief Deputy Mitch Brantingham said detectives are still actively working the case, managing DNA comparisons and trying to identify the person.
“They are working with an independent lab to try some other methods of identification, but are on a wait list to get results,” Brantingham said. “Everything we have to this point, including the Medical Examiner results, indicate a natural death with an undetermined cause.”
Because the cause of death appears to be natural, Brantingham said the case is on a waiting list because active criminal cases take priority.
However, he said the detectives working the case do not believe the person is Ronald Littley, who went missing from a home on Dixie Lane in September 2022.
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