FBI, sheriff’s office remove sand from Royerton basement

Search follows tip

The FBI and the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office removed truckloads of sand from the basement of a home in Royerton after receiving a tip connected to a 2013 missing persons case.

The work brought federal investigators and county deputies to the property. The agencies pumped sand out of the basement as part of the investigation.

Case dates to 2013

The search is tied to a missing persons case from 2013. The people involved in that case were not identified in the information released about the basement search.

The investigation connects an older missing persons case with activity at the Royerton home. The FBI and Delaware County Sheriff’s Office are the agencies identified as carrying out the work.

What the search establishes

The agencies received a tip and acted on it by examining the home’s basement. Removing the sand required the agencies to pump out truckloads of material from the property.

The search itself does not establish what investigators found or whether it resolved the 2013 case. Those questions remain tied to the continuing investigation.

Agencies involved

The FBI is the federal agency involved in the search. The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office is the local law-enforcement agency involved.

The reported action took place at a Royerton residence and centered on the basement. The search was connected to the 2013 missing persons case rather than to a new case identified in the report.