Human remains discovered by children in 1993 south of Indianapolis have been identified as a man from South Carolina, authorities said.
Human remains discovered 31 years ago south of Indiana polis have been identified as a man from South Carolina, authorities said.Relatives of Michael Benjamin Davis said they had lost contact with him in the late 1980s, the Johnson County coroner's office said.In 1993, children found the remains in a field near Interstate 65 in what is now a golf course, in in Greenwood, Indiana , according to Othram, a lab that works with police to assist in human identification cases.
'Despite extensive efforts by law enforcement investigators to identify the man, no matches were found, and the case went cold due to a lack of investigative leads,' Othram said.Decades later, DNA testing and genealogy work helped scientists determine the identity of the remains, the coroner's office said in a written statement Sunday.
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