January 31, 2013
Karl Reinhard, Forensic Science faculty member, gave testimony indicating that the human remains that were found in a Valley County pasture belonged to a Caucasian female between the ages of 27 and 35, who was about 5-foot to 5-foot 1-inch tall.
Reinhard was able to determine this through the shape and measurements of the skeleton. Reinhard indicated that the skeleton was 70 percent complete.
DNA analysis later indicated that the remains belonged to a woman believed to have been murdered, last seen in May 1989. More...