It took two months, but DNA testing has confirmed that human remains found in a south Brampton greenbelt Nov. 10 belong to missing senior Shamsher Virk.

No foul play is suspected, according to Peel Regional Police.

The 69-year-old man had been missing for more than two months when the remains were found by a passerby. The location, in the area of Ray Lawson Boulevard and McLaughlin Road, wasn’t too far from Virk’s home, or where he had last been seen walking on Sept. 1.

“It’s been a very hard road,” said his nephew, Amrit Gill, adding Virk’s wife, son and grandchildren have “gone through hell and back.”

With confirmation they can now hold a funeral, which is set for Saturday, Jan. 28 at 30 Bramwin Crt., at 11 a.m. The services will continue afterward at the Dixie Gurdwara at 2 p.m.

But confirmation does not help with closure, Gill said.

“We still don’t know what happened, we don’t know why he’s been missing, we don’t know how he passed … He’s a very religious man. We can’t even do a proper ceremony … There’s nothing left of him.”

The remains were believed to be Virk’s from the start, but an autopsy failed to provide positive identification, and police requested DNA testing be done by the Centre of Forensic Sciences. It would be two months more before that testing concluded.

It brings to a close a long, agonizing wait for Virk’s family.

They offered a $10,000 reward, hoping it would spur on the community to keep looking. But even without the offer of a reward, search parties were organized and posters were distributed throughout Brampton and Mississauga. His family hired a private investigator to search for him.