BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Human remains discovered near the Mount Pocono Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility on March 8 are believed to be those of Matthew Thompson, a 43-year-old Bethlehem man who had been missing since Feb. 13, the Bethlehem Police Department announced Monday.
An autopsy is scheduled for March 10. Preliminary observations did not reveal any clear signs of foul play, police said.
Thompson had traveled to the Tobyhanna area that morning to complete paperwork for a new home, according to his wife, Joselyn Burgos, who was the first to sound the alarm publicly about her husband’s disappearance. He stopped communicating by phone that afternoon…