Human remains found in 1996 in Hanover, New Hampshire, have been identified as those of Benjamin Adams, a 78-year-old man with dementia who disappeared on a walk five years earlier.
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The remains of a 78-year-old man with dementia who left his home to go for a walk in 1991 and never returned have been identified afterauthorities used modern DNA testing technology, the state attorney general's office said Thursday. Benjamin Adams left his home in Canaan that June. After search efforts were unsuccessful, he was listed as a missing person.In November 1996, a hunter discovered some skeletal remains in the woods in Hanover, nearly 20 miles away. Additional bones were discovered after the area was searched.
An out-of-state forensic anthropologist examined the remains in 1997. The examination indicated that the biological characteristics were not inconsistent with those of Adams, but a positive identification could not be made, the news release said.
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