Man found buried on Fallbrook property identified
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and last updated 2021-07-28 19:45:42-04
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Authorities Wednesday released the name of a homicide victim whose body was found buried two weeks ago on a residential property in Fallbrook.
Deputies unearthed the remains of 56-year-old Robert Pierce on July 14 while investigating a "suspicious circumstance" in the 400 block of South Ridge Drive, according to sheriff's officials.
Two days later, the man who owns and lives on the property, Nicholas Andrew Burg, 29, was arrested in Murrieta on suspicion of killing the then- unidentified victim, Lt. Thomas Seiver said.
Last week, Burg pleaded not guilty to a murder charge and other criminal counts in the case. At the time, Pierce was still officially listed as a "John Doe."