Ontario Provincial Police say human remains discovered in Algonquin Provincial Park in 1980 have been identified as belonging to an Ohio man, thanks to investigative genetic genealogy.

Police say investigators located human remains, a boot, wallet, clothing and camping gear after a hiker found remains near the Hardwood Lookout Trail on April 19, 1980. The popular scenic hiking trail is at the west end of the park’s Highway 60 corridor, east of Huntsville.

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They say the remains were examined by the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service and the deceased was determined to be a white male between 18 and 21 years old.

Police say investigators at the time estimated that the man had died sometime between 1971 and 1978 but remains were not ide

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