DNA testing links missing man to bones

DNA testing has identified bones found 26 years ago near Needles as the remains of an Ohio man who has been missing for 33 years, San Bernardino County Coroner’s officials announced Wednesday.

Testing identified the man as Daniel Jobe Suffecool, of Canton, Ohio, who was 28 when he was last seen in July 1973, according to a coroner’s press release.

A wallet found alongside the remains in August 1979 led officials to believe they were Suffecool’s, the release stated, but the DNA testing based on saliva comparisons with Suffecool’s surviving siblings was the first proof.

The remains will now be returned to the family. .