In 1986, a long-time resident of Thermopolis, Wyoming moved away.\u00a0 He left some of his belongings in a shed, including an old, locked trunk.\u00a0 He left the shed with a friend, Newell Sessions.\u00a0 Then, six years passed.\u00a0 Finally, Newell couldn\u2019t stand the suspense another minute and opened the trunk.
\nInside was a human skeleton with a bullet lodged in the skull. In March of 1992 the skeleton was turned over to the\u00a0Wyoming State Crime Lab in Cheyenne, where a facial reconstruction was made. Tips came in, but the skeleton\u2019s identity remained a mystery until 2017.
\nThanks to advancements in DNA, the Hot Springs County Sheriff\u2019s Office has finally made a positive identification. According to the Sheriff\u2019s Office:
\n\u201cOn 10-19-17 a DNA sample was obtained from an adult female from Iowa who had relayed that her father had been shot in the head by her uncle some time in 1960 and then was placed in a trunk prior to being burried in Iowa. It was then stated that the uncle then dug the trunk back up and transported it to Wyoming where the uncle was working. The uncle then left the trunk behind. The uncle then moved to Mississippi where he later committed suicide. The Wyoming State Crime Lab was able to determine that the female who had submitted the DNA sample was indeed a 99.99% match to the bones that had been collected. The bones have now been identified as being Joseph Mulvaney who was born in 1923. Joseph will now be able to get a proper burial and the Mulvaney family can rest easy knowing that their family member has been found.\u201d
\nWatch this case now on Amazon Prime in\u00a0season five with Robert Stack\u00a0and in\u00a0season five with Dennis Farina.\u00a0Also available on YouTube with\u00a0Dennis Farina.\u00a0Various seasons available now on\u00a0Hulu.
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