Body found inside sleeping bag in Kentucky creek identified

BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Human remains found in a sleeping bag in a creek in northern Kentucky have been positively identified.

The Boone County sheriff’s office says the man was 88-year-old William York Sr. of Tipp City, Ohio. Investigators matched a thumb print from York’s Army discharge papers provided by his son.

The remains were found in Gunpowder Creek in Union on June 3.

York disappeared from his home May 30.

No other details were available.

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