“The police are looking for anyone who may have heard or witnessed anything last night in the area of Center Street and Locust Street between the hours of midnight and 8 a.m. this morning.”
— James Moore, Herndon Police Lieutenant/Public Information Officer
Herndon Police determined late Friday, Jan. 17, that a body found in a creek bed at the intersection of Locust and Center streets in downtown Herndon was that of 30-year-old Damien Patrick Scanlan.
Police received a call from a resident of the 600 block of Center Street who spotted the body down in the creek around 8 a.m. on Friday morning.
While a preliminary investigation indicated that there had been no foul play in Scanlan’s death, police are asking that anyone who saw him that night to come forward.
“The police are looking for anyone who may have heard or witnessed anything last night in the area of Center Street and Locust Street between the hours of midnight and 8 a.m. this morning,” said Herndon Police Lt. Jim Moore.
Moore said that the police still have to conduct interviews in the coming weeks. The cause of death is determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will not be known for months.
Anyone with information on this case or who saw Scanlan that night should contact Herndon Police Sgt. Thompson at 703-435-6881 x 2332 or Detective Diaz at 703-435-2990.