The human remains discovered in rural Nebraska earlier this month are being evaluated to either confirm or rule out whether they are those of missing Moorcroft man Chance Englebert.

Englebert, then 25, disappeared while visiting his in-laws in Gering, Nebraska, over the Fourth of July weekend in 2019.

Items found near the skeletal remains by a hiker on the north side of Scotts Bluff National Monument were determined by his family to belong to Englebert.

In the meantime, the body has been sent to the Douglas County Coroner’s Office in Omaha, Nebraska, for DNA testing to determine the identity and cause of death.

There are no updates on where the evaluation stands, according to a spokesperson for the coroner’s office who directed questions to the Scottsbluff Co

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