In January 2008 , Russian scientists said that the remains of a young boy and woman found near Yekaterinburg in August 2007 might be the missing bodies . In January 2008 , Russian scientists announced that the charred remains of a young boy and a young woman found near Ekaterinburg in August 2007 were most likely those of the thirteen-year-old Tsarevich and one of the four Romanov grand duchesses .