NEWTOWN — Almost four months have passed since the skeletal remains of Elizabeth Gough Heath were found, and there is neither a cause of death nor a suspect in the case.

“We don’t have anything yet,” an official at the state medical examiner’s office said Tuesday morning.

Heath was reported missing from her 89 Poverty Hollow Road home by her husband, John Heath, on April 6, 1984. She was 30 years old at the time.

The remains of her skeleton were found April 13 by the current owners of the property, who were ripping up the subfloor in the basement of the barn to renovate a small apartment and opened a hatch to the dry well.

The bones were in pillowcases and trash bags, along with bedding that appeared bloody, according to one of the homeowners.

By the evening of April 14, police called the case a homicide.

Police searched the residence of Heath’s ex-husband, who now lives in Bridgewater, but have not declared him a suspect.

Chief of Police Michael Kehoe said bags of evidence were seized from John Heath’s house, but not all have been sent to state police for analysis.

“You keep some and you leave it there because you never know what could become useful,” Kehoe said. “You send some for forensics, but you don’t want to inundate our forensic partners at this point.”

He would not say whether any of the evidence has come back with useful information. No restrictions have been placed on John Heath at this time and he is free to leave the country as he wishes, Kehoe said.

On Tuesday, Kehoe reiterated that the case is continuing and is “a very high priority for the department.” He also said, “There is nothing to release, nothing relevant to report, unfortunately.”

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