FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) -- Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) Chief Kevin Davis announced an update in a 1972 cold case murder.

The victim was identified as 4-year-old Carl Matthew Bryant born on May 26, 1968.

On Monday at 1 p.m., FCPD held a news conference to reveal the identity of the child who was found in Massey Creek under the Old Colchester Road Bridge in Lorton in 1972.

His body was found on June 13, 1972, and an autopsy revealed he died from blunt force trauma to the head, making his death a homicide. A local church gave the child the name "Charles Lee Charlet" and assisted in his burial at Colman Cemetery.

"I have my own son, and I think most of us are parents here," said Detective Melissa Wallace, who helped identify the remains. "And to see the extent of that

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