The investigation began Oct. 4 when human remains were found in the 500 Block of Plymouth Street.
Deputies found the remains in a wooded area.
On Wednesday, the sheriff's office said the remains were positively identified by the North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner's Office as Donald Lee Gordon, 58, of Fayetteville.
Gordon had been reported as a missing person to the Fayetteville Police Department in September.
No other details were released.
Anyone with information on this investigation is asked to please contact Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Detective C. Bethea at (910) 677-5495.
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