Human remains found in Mecklenburg were identified as a missing Cumberland County woman.

According to a release from Virginia State Police Monday morning, The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond positively identified the remains recovered in Mecklenburg County on Thursday as the missing Cumberland County woman involved in a search effort by numerous law enforcement organizations.

Amy Renee Fabian, who had been missing since May 24, and a stolen Ford F-350 work truck were both located shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday in a wooded area off Route 138, less than a mile from Route 1, in Mecklenburg County.

Coordinated search efforts involving the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police, Powhatan County Sheriff’s Office, Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, South Hill Police Department, Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) and FBI led to Thursday morning’s discovery in Mecklenburg County, according to the release.

Cumberland County Sheriff Darrell Hodges said Monday that “our hearts break for Matt and Amy’s families,” Hodges said. “That’s the first and foremost thing that is on all of our hearts and minds.”

He said the incidents of the case have encompassed three states, Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, and several counties in Southside Virginia, including Cumberland, Powhatan, South Hill and Mecklenburg.

“It has been unbelievable the cooperation amongst departments, and the resources each department put out,” Hodges said. “Everybody put out 110 percent on trying to locate him and locate Amy.”

The incident began at approximately 3:30 a.m. Friday, May 24, when the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about a homicide occurring at Fabian’s residence in the 200 block of Mount Airy Lane. Upon arriving at the location, a friend of Fabian’s, Matthew T. Broyles, 29, of Powhatan, was found deceased inside Fabian’s residence. Fabian was missing, according to the release.

Investigators immediately began looking at Fabian’s ex-boyfriend, George W. Knisley IV, 41, of Carroll County, Maryland, in connection with her disappearance. The sheriff’s office obtained an arrest warrant for first-degree murder for Knisley for Broyles’ death.

During the course of the investigation into the Cumberland County homicide, the South Hill Police Department received a 911 call at about 6:30 a.m. Friday (May 24) from a woman who was walking out to her car at her residence and encountered a male subject. The male, who fit Knisley’s description, threatened the woman at gunpoint and stole her 2013 Honda Civic. The man drove off in the Honda Civic. The woman was not injured.

On the evening of Friday, May 24, Knisley was suspected of having stolen a third vehicle in North Carolina. Later that night, he was involved in a pursuit with Raleigh, North Carolina. Police. Raleigh Police took Knisley into custody on the Cumberland County murder charge.

Knisley is still being held in North Carolina, awaiting extradition to Cumberland County. Additional charges are still pending in Cumberland County and Mecklenburg County.

Virginia State Police Public Relations Coordinator Corinne Geller said state police is investigating Fabian’s death as a homicide and that charges are pending as of Monday in connection with her death.

The missing Honda Civic stolen from the South Hill residence was later located in Raleigh, North Carolina by the Raleigh, North Carolina Police Department.