Remains found in Southern California in 1981 identified using DNA

Investigators have identified a man whose remains were found near Ojai more than 40 years ago.

Partial skeletal remains were found by hikers near mile marker 43.5 of Highway 33 in February 1981, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Investigators determined the man was in his late 20s or 30s and was about 5-foot-7 or 5-foot-8. They also found a “green army-style jacket and two pairs of glasses.”…

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