(KLZA)-- The Lancaster County Sheriff- Office confirmed Monday morning the body discovered in southwest Lincoln Saturday morning are the remains of 35-year-old Tyler Goodrich — the man who went missing from his home in November 2023.

Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said the human remains were found in a wooded area by a man walking his dog less than 1,000 yards from the home of Tyler Goodrich.

Houchin confirmed the area was searched in the first couple weeks of Tyler- disappearance and that the body has been in the same location for over a year. Goodrich was a native of Tecumseh.

Officials are treating the death as suspicious but not as a homicide. The manner of death is still unclear, but authorities said an autopsy is scheduled for Monday.