He disappeared after leaving his University of Utah dorm in 1973. His remains were just identified

SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX) – The University of Utah Police announced that they have solved a missing persons case that started more than 50 years ago.

Douglas Brick, a University of Utah student, left his dorm on October 12, 1973, and was never seen again. His family, however, never stopped looking for him.

Last week, results from an out-of-state lab confirmed that skull fragments found in the foothills near the University of Utah matched one of Brick’s living relatives.

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His older brother, David Brick, spoke with Nexstar’s KTVX in 2022. He said that Douglas, a native of Pocatello, Idaho, had traveled to Utah to get a degree. David was in Europe when he got the news of his brother’s disappearance…

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