SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) - Skeletal remains found in 2018 were those of a Sedalia man who has been missing for six years, Pettis County officials said.
County Coroner Robert Smith said the remains were those of Timothy Gibson, 39, who was last seen after he was taken to a hospital and released on March 26, 2015.
Smith said he could not determine a cause of death because of the condition of the remains but there was no evidence of foul play, The Sedalia Democrat reported.
A Missouri Department of Conservation agent found the remains on Oct. 27, 2018, in a densely wooded area near a Sedalia subdivision.
The Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office was asked for assistance, and a forensic anthropologist and an investigator helped process the scene.
Smith said the identification was delayed in part by labs being closed by the coronavirus pandemic. He said Gibson’s medical records helped identify the remains.
Smith notified Gibson’s mother on April 15 that the remains belonged to her missing son.
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