SAN MATEO, Calif. <\/p>\n
DNA testing has confirmed that a foot and part of a leg that washed up on a Pacifica beach in March is that of a San Bruno man who went missing around that time, San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said Thursday. <\/p>\n
Joseph McHenry, 27, a former member of the U.S. Marine Corps, was last seen on March 2 when he told relatives he was going rock climbing and camping overnight at a secluded beach near Pacifica, Foucrault said. <\/p>\n
He never returned, and his car was found parked in a residential area near Sharp Park Golf Course, according to San Bruno police. <\/p>\n
A backpack belonging to McHenry was located a few days later on the beach near Mori Point, and on March 25, a human foot connected to a portion of a leg was found near the shoreline at Rockaway Beach. <\/p>\n
The coroner's office collected the evidence, and DNA obtained from McHenry's mother has since confirmed that the body parts were McHenry's, Foucrault said. <\/p>\n
No other evidence of the missing man has been found. <\/p>\n
Police do not suspect foul play, San Bruno police Lt. Geoff Caldwell said. <\/p>\n
Without more evidence, McHenry cannot be officially pronounced dead, Foucrault said. <\/p>\n
The family is in the process of obtaining a court order that would officially close the case, he said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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