Newly Located Bones May Go With Body Parts Evidence Found In Yard Of Murder Suspect’s Uncle

Medical investigators are examining bones found buried in a yard to determine if they belong to a man whose partial body parts were earlier discovered in a septic tank at his home.

Clark County sheriff’s investigators dug up the bones Saturday and Sunday from the yard of a Minnehaha residence.

The house is owned by Richard Long, the uncle of Amy Joyce Weir, 33, who is awaiting trial on a charge of first-degree murder.

Weir is accused of killing and dismembering her boyfriend, Scott Lee Weisenborn, on Oct. 31 or Nov. 1 and flushing some of his remains into the septic tank of his home five miles east of Battle Ground.

Detectives contend Weir, who has four children who live with their fathers, was angry at Weisenborn for spurning plans for marriage.

The remains found Dec. 17 in the septic tank were described as tissue but not bones.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Pat St. John, a detective supervisor, wouldn’t say where police got the tip that led them to the Minnehaha house over the weekend. Detectives found the bones after digging up a flower bed in the yard.

The house has been vacant, though neighbors said they have seen activity there recently.

Long, the home’s owner, was there Saturday.

“We’re doing whatever we need to to cooperate with the investigation,” he said.

Detectives finished the excavation Sunday and turned over several bio-hazard bags to the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Deputy Medical Examiner Don Phillips said Sunday it was to soon to know if the bones belonged to Weisenborn.

“They’re being examined by a forensic pathologist. He worked on it all day today. He’ll work on it tomorrow,” Phillips said.

The potential evidence will be added to several other findings reported by police in the case:

Detectives allege some body parts may have been disposed of in a Vancouver apartment complex Dumpster, though none were discovered there.

A “pool of organic matter,” found to be human, was discovered in the attic of a Vancouver duplex Weir stayed in after Weisenborn disappeared.

A similar substance was found in Weir’s car trunk, and hair was found in Weir’s car wheel well.

Traces of human tissue were found in the bathtub drain of Weisenborn’s home.

Weir is in the Clark County Jail on $750,000 bail. Her court date is June 8.