Human remains discovered in a wooded area five years ago have been identified as a man who had been missing from his family for more than two decades.
The remains were found near a residence on Overbrook Drive in Knoxville on May 20, 2020, according to a news release from the Knox County Regional Forensic Center.
After the discovery, the remains were transported to the Regional Forensic Center for examination by a forensic pathologist. Initially, they were estimated to belong to a man between 55 and 70 years old, but his cause and manner of death remained undetermined. “All conventional means of forensic identification failed to yield the man’s identity,” the forensic center stated…