{"id":131540,"date":"2026-03-06T18:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/131540\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:57:09","slug":"cause-of-death-undetermined-for-man-whose-remains-were-found-in-flying-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/131540\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause of death &#8220;undetermined&#8221; for man whose remains were found in Flying Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A forensic autopsy and additional investigation failed to determine the cause and manner of death of a Reading man whose remains were found in Flying Hills in December, the Berks County coroner\u2019s office announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The skeletal remains of Travelle Martin were found Dec. 28 in a wooded area off Lakewood Drive in Cumru Township. He had been reported missing in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, Martin, 26, was last seen Jan. 2, 2025, after fleeing the Flying Hills residence of his girlfriend following an alleged domestic assault.<\/p>\n<p>Police obtained an arrest warrant the next day charging Martin with simple assault and robbery, the latter stemming from the alleged theft of the woman\u2019s cellphone. He was later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readingeagle.com\/2025\/01\/08\/cumru-police-seeking-suspect-in-domestic-assault-robbery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">declared a fugitive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the identification of his remains, a forensic autopsy was performed Jan. 9 at Reading Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Following that autopsy, Martin\u2019s remains were taken to Mercyhurst University in Erie to undergo a detailed forensic anthropological examination.<\/p>\n<p>According to the coroner\u2019s office, the results of those comprehensive examinations and consultations led to an \u201cundetermined\u201d ruling for the cause and manner of Martin\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the coroner\u2019s office said the remains were largely skeletonized when they were recovered. There was no skeletal trauma identified, and toxicological testing was not possible due to the absence of soft tissue.<\/p>\n<p>There was evidence that the remains had been submerged for a prolonged period of time before being exposed to dry land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile an undetermined ruling was not the conclusion we had wished for, we are hopeful that the recovery and identification of Travelle Martin will provide his parents and family with some measure of peace with the opportunity to lay their son to rest,\u201d a statement from the coroner\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A forensic autopsy and additional investigation failed to determine the cause and manner of death of a Reading&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-131540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}