LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The remains of a San Diego woman reported missing in 1986 have been positively identified after being found at Lake Mead years ago, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
Carol Ann Riley was a nurse who worked at Scripps Clinic in San Diego. At the time of her disappearance in 1986, she was dating a man known to her as Robert Howard Smith. She had a dinner date scheduled with him on the date of her disappearance and told friends that she was planning to break up with him, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO).
When interviewed, Smith told police that Riley had canceled the date. Two days later, Smith left town and dropped out of sight. Detectives investigating Smith discovered that his real name was Robert Dean Weeks and had a history of going by false names. They also found out that his ex-wife, Patricia Weeks, disappeared from Clark County on April 25, 1968, a few weeks after their divorce was finalized…