KANSAS CITY, Mo. ( WDAF ) – Human remains found near Garnett, Kansas, in 1973 have been positively identified more than 50 years later. The remains were determined to belong to a teenager from Kansas City, Kansas, who had disappeared in 1972.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) said the decomposing remains of an unidentified male were located three miles southeast of Garnett, off 1550 Road on April 18, 1973. He was found wearing a brown corduroy jacket, a green long-sleeved buttoned shirt, jeans, a black leather belt with a large buckle, brown hiking boots and a navy blue stocking cap.
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He was also wearing two gold rings with crosses, a ring with the number “78” and a silver chain with a large cross, according to the KBI.
During an autopsy in 1973, the coroner ruled the victim’s manner of death a homicide due to signs of trauma. It was determined the victim was around 20 years old and believed to have brown hair and a slender build…