Remains found in April along train tracks in Hanover Borough have been identified as Mark Henry Hicks.
38 year old Mark Henry Hicks Sr. was last seen in New Oxford, Pennsylvania on June 22, 2025. He was last seen getting into a maroon truck with an ex-girlfriend.
At 7:23 am on April 16, 2026, police were called to the 400 block of East Middle Street for the discovery of a body. The remains were identified as Hicks through dental records.
The coroner ruled his death a suicide.
The Disappearance of Mark Henry Hicks
On June 22, 2025, Mark left his brother’s house in Hanover, Pennsylvania at approximately 5:00 am, and was captured on surveillance video walking along Pleasant Street.
Later that afternoon he was seen getting into a maroon truck with his ex-girlfriend at the 7-11 store off Route 30 near Kohler Miller Road in New Oxford, Pennsylvania. He hasn’t been heard from since.
The area where Mark was last seen is about a 20 minute drive from where he was last seen in Hanover.
Investigation
Mark was reportedly on his way to his visit a girlfriend who lives in the Hanover area on the day he went missing, but she told his family he never made it to her house.
Hicks is known to travel around the area and does not have a phone, according to his family. It is uncharacteristic of him to go off without contacting loved ones, and his parent’s believe foul play was involved.
Authorities searched homeless shelters, encampments, and hospitals, but found no clues as to his whereabouts.
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