RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia family is grieving after a DNA hit returned July 7 identified remains found in Caroline County as Helen Pullen Banks, months after her body was discovered in the woods off Bagby Road in Sparta.
Investigators were called to the scene on March 27 after a man riding an ATV through the woods discovered the remains. The condition of the body delayed identification for months until the DNA match came back to the state lab.
Retha Pullen, Helen’s mother, said her daughter was the oldest of her children…