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Authorities have confirmed that the remains discovered in 1996 almost certainly belonged to a missing New Hampshire man. The New Hampshire Cold Case Unit and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner have identified the remains to be William Benjamin Adams.
Adams, who was 78, left his home in Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1991 for a walk but never returned. Adams suffered from dementia.
His family’s efforts to find him proved to be unsuccessful.
Skeletal remains were then found by a hunter in a wooded area in 1996, with an additional search finding more bones. Authorities suspected the remains were Adams.
The remains were sent to a forensic anthropologist, who, in 1997, believed that “a positive identification could not be made.”
Authorities managed to identify Adams by obtaining a DNA sample from Adam’s son at a private lab.
The lab has since confirmed the findings.
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Adams, who was 78, left his home in Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1991 for a walk but never returned. Adams suffered from dementia.
His family’s efforts to find him proved to be unsuccessful.
Skeletal remains were then found by a hunter in a wooded area in 1996, with an additional search finding more bones. Authorities suspected the remains were Adams.
The remains were sent to a forensic anthropologist, who, in 1997, believed that “a positive identification could not be made.”
Authorities managed to identify Adams by obtaining a DNA sample from Adam’s son at a private lab.
The lab has since confirmed the findings.
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- 10/8/2023
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