Lab results ID bones as GA man missing since 1999
AIKEN - South Carolina authorities say they have identified skeletal remains found in some woods in 2007 as a 42-year-old Georgia man who disappeared eight years earlier.
But officials say they still don't know how the man died.
The Aiken Standard reported Wednesday that results of a bone analysis at a Texas lab identified the remains as John Gustafson of Augusta, Ga. A father and son found the bones in November 2007 while on a scavenger hunt in North Augusta.
Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton says the bones were initially sent to the State Law Enforcement Division lab for analysis but because of their age and condition, DNA could not be extracted or tested.
Gustafson's mother initially reported her son missing on July 23, 1999. His abandoned car was found three days later with the keys inside.
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loopdeedo (anonymous) says...
The last sentence is confusing me...were the keys found inside the cat?
July 8, 2009 at 10:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
GuitarHero (anonymous) says...
John Gustafson.....that's funny. That was Jack Lemon's name in Grumpy Old men.
July 8, 2009 at 12:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sj301 (anonymous) says...
loopdeedo...push your glasses up. The article states "car"
July 8, 2009 at 12:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SpongeMunkie (anonymous) says...
This headline made me think that they had identified the skeleton recently found off of Orangeburg RD. Well, at least there is one more family out there that has gotten some sort of closure.
July 8, 2009 at 12:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lookingonthebrightside (anonymous) says...
SpongeMunkie: Me too. Why would they confuse us like this?
July 8, 2009 at 1:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
signseeker17 (anonymous) says...
And if they couldn't use DNA to identify the remains, how DID they identify them? Don't tell us what they COULDN'T do, tell us what did.
Bad headline, bad reporting.
Those folks need to go back to Journalism 101.
July 8, 2009 at 2:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SpongeMunkie (anonymous) says...
"Bad headline, bad reporting" seems to be a common theme on here lately.
July 8, 2009 at 3:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
What are you guys talking about? The article states that the bones could not be ID'd through DNA so they used "bones analysis." DNA and bones analysis are two separate things. LOL
July 8, 2009 at 5:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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