Post by Vermontn03 on Jun 27, 2012 20:49:18 GMT -5
Keith Zunke's Remains Found 30 Years After His Disappearance In Umatilla National Forest
The last three decades have been long and hard for Rebecca Carroll, but closure may be beginning for her.
On Oct. 24, 1981, Carroll's 21-year-old son, Keith Zunke, went on a trip to the Umatilla National Forest in Oregon, with fellow residents of a group home for the developmentally disabled. He got lost and was never found.
That is, until last summer when a group of hikers came upon human remains that were just confirmed as Zunke's by the U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office, according to KNDO-TV.
"Family members were notified that DNA tests performed by the Oregon State Medical Examiner's forensic anthropologist confirmed the remains found near Deduct Pond are those of 21-year-old Keith Zunke," Dave Thompson, law enforcement officer for the Umatilla National Forest, told KNDO.
Carroll is still processing the news and wasn't ready to comment.
"The case is still active, so I think a statement is inappropriate at this time," she told The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/keith-zunkes-remains-found_n_1617255.html?utm_hp_ref=missing-persons
The last three decades have been long and hard for Rebecca Carroll, but closure may be beginning for her.
On Oct. 24, 1981, Carroll's 21-year-old son, Keith Zunke, went on a trip to the Umatilla National Forest in Oregon, with fellow residents of a group home for the developmentally disabled. He got lost and was never found.
That is, until last summer when a group of hikers came upon human remains that were just confirmed as Zunke's by the U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office, according to KNDO-TV.
"Family members were notified that DNA tests performed by the Oregon State Medical Examiner's forensic anthropologist confirmed the remains found near Deduct Pond are those of 21-year-old Keith Zunke," Dave Thompson, law enforcement officer for the Umatilla National Forest, told KNDO.
Carroll is still processing the news and wasn't ready to comment.
"The case is still active, so I think a statement is inappropriate at this time," she told The Huffington Post.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/keith-zunkes-remains-found_n_1617255.html?utm_hp_ref=missing-persons