Skeletal remains found in 1978 identified nearly 50 years later

Investigators have identified partially buried skeletal remains discovered in southern Palm Beach County nearly five decades ago.

According to a statement released Tuesday by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the remains were found by construction workers in a wooded area near Boca Raton on Jan. 18, 1978.

Deputies, along with the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner, responded to the scene and collected the unidentified remains, which was ruled a homicide…

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