Mich. Father and Son Found Dead at Remote Campsite — and Police Say There's 'No Known Threat to the Public'

Two hikers found dead last month at a remote campsite at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan have been identified as a father and son, PEOPLE can confirm.

MLive, The Minnesota Star Tribune, and local Fox 9 have identified the two deceased men as Bradley Baird, 30, and his father John Baird, 60, from just outside of Detroit. WLUC reported that Bradley was a self-employed writer, and John was a military veteran who most recently worked in insurance. The Keweenaw County medical examiner confirmed with PEOPLE this week that two are father and son.

The identifications come after weeks of intrigue in the case, as local media outlets have struggled to get more information out of both local and federal officials who say they’re investigating the case.

A special Keweenaw County Board meeting on Tuesday night led to local officials finally releasing the two men’s identities after weeks of media inquiries about the case.

MLive first reported last month that Keweenaw County Medical Examiner Dr. Michael McAllister told the outlet the two men’s deaths were being investigated as a murder-suicide, though the official reportedly said it was not clear who died first. That report came after the National Parks Service had sent out a news release on June 12 saying that the Baird family had been notified of their deaths and that there was “no known threat to the public at this time” without explaining what threat there may have been.

The two men were discovered June 9 after park rangers received “two separate reports of two persons found deceased at a remote backcountry campground within the park” a day earlier. Two park rangers then hiked 11 miles overnight to the remote campground to investigate the reports, discovering the two men dead there early the next morning.

“This remains an ongoing investigation, and we have no further information to provide,” the National Parks Service said on June 12, leading to weeks of secrecy surrounding the investigation, according to reports.

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The Star Tribune reported Tuesday that Keweenaw County officials have told media outlets that federal investigators with the FBI have asked them to not share information about the case, alleging it could lead to “undermining efforts” to complete the investigation into the Baird father and son’s deaths.

McAllister told PEOPLE that he is still waiting on a toxicology report from the victims and that the report “can take some time.” For now, the medical examiner says, the Bairds’ cause of death remains “listed as pending.”

Local Fox 9 reported that other campers who say they were in the area that night posted on Reddit about allegedly hearing screams from near the campsite. According to the outlet, a person claiming to have been near the campsite that night alleged they heard a “latrine door slammed a few times, and then the yelling started,” according to their post.

“It was repetitive, filled with threats of self-harm and violence toward others,” the alleged camper wrote in a discussion about the case. “After hiking about a half mile, we could still hear him screaming.”