Body found in woods may be that of missing Burke man

It was just a little before 8 a.m. Wednesday when friends and colleagues searching for Mark Radcliffe, 31, of Burke, believe they stumbled across his body in a wooded area between Bonnie Brae Elementary School and train tracks, Fairfax County police said.

Police have not confirmed the identity of the body found on the edge of a marsh about 50 yards from Sideburn Road, but officers on the scene said it was likely Radcliffe’s. Soon after, they pulled a missing person sign down from a telephone pole at the head of the trail that led to his body.