The Brief
- Skeletal remains found in 2021 identified as man missing since 2013
- Advanced DNA testing funded by seized criminal assets confirmed identity as Thomas Joe Kratzer
- Sheriff praises cold case investigators and urges public to share information on unsolved cases
PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. – Paulding County authorities have identified skeletal remains discovered in 2021 as those of a Dallas man reported missing more than a decade ago.
What we know:
The family of Thomas Joe Kratzer, a white male born Jan. 18, 1959, reported him missing on Feb. 4, 2014, after not hearing from him since the previous October. He was entered into the GCIC/NCIC database as a missing person, but the case went cold for years with no new leads.…