UPDATE: Dead Man Found in Herndon is Identified

Fairfax County Police The dead man found in the woods near Herndon on Monday has been identified as William Adolfo Rivas Leiva, 22, of Herndon, Fairfax County Police said.

Police preliminarily concluded that this death is a homicide.

Police did not say how Leiva was killed or how long his body had been in the wooded area at Folly Lick Stream.

Leiva’s body was found in the 1500 block of Hiddenbrook Drive on Monday about 12:27 p.m., police said.

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