Examination and discovery of remains confirm what happened to the student missing since 1976
On December 7, 2021, a gruesome discovery was made in Cusseta, Alabama. Skeletal remains were found in a car in a creek along with an ID card.
After DNA testing, it was confirmed last Sunday the 19th that the remains belonged to him Kyle Clinkscalesa 22yearold student at Auburn University who went missing in January 1976.
Kyle Clinkscalesthen 22 years old, was last seen alive in a bar in his hometown of LaGrande on the night of January 27, 1976 before he mysteriously disappeared, The Guardian points out.
Kyle Clinkscales / Credit: Troup County Sheriff’s Office
After leaving the site, he wanted to return to the university, about 50 kilometers away, in his 1974 Ford Pinto. kyle never returned. “It was like the earth opened up and he disappeared,” his mother said. Louise Klirschwageronce to a local newspaper.
The disappearance of Kyle Clinkscales
After his disappearance, lakes in the area were drained in search of his vehicle, but authorities were never successful. But that changed a little over a year ago. Despite finding the vehicle and the remains, the cause and manner of death could not be determined.
According to The Guardian, the parents of kyle They had previously reported that a mysterious source had warned that the young man could have been killed and his car thrown into a creek.
During the investigation, two people were detained for some time for interfering with the role of the authorities. They would cover for a third person who would have killed kyle after hearing something compromising about his possible tormentor during a conversation this person was having at the bar.
However, no one has been charged with murder. The condition of the remains is also making it difficult for investigators to determine whether the young man was killed or had an accident and eventually veered off the road, the Daily Beast reported in December 2021.
unfortunately neither Luise and also not the father of kyle, JohnShe lived long enough to find out what happened to her son. Since John Clinkscales died of a heart attack in 2007, and Luise died 11 months before the bones were discovered.