Neighborhood Dog Finds Skull, but That Wasn’t the Last Grim Discovery. Now Authorities Have Identified Remains as Missing Man

Curtis Taylor, Jr., who was visually impaired, disappeared in Feb. 2024, authorities said

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  • Starting in Aug. 2024, an Alabama family’s dog found human remains on four separate occasions
  • In an update earlier this month, authorities said the remains all came from the same person
  • The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE that the remains have identified as Curtis Taylor, Jr., who was reported missing over a year ago.

Human remains found by a family dog in Alabama on four separate occasions were finally identified as belonging to a man who disappeared last February.

In an email to PEOPLE earlier this month, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office confirmed that the deceased man has been identified as Curtis Taylor, Jr., 25, of Center Point, Ala.

“All the skeletal remains recovered in this case have been found to originate from the same source (person) and have been positively identified by dental and DNA comparison.” the coroner said…

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