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SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — An autopsy has confirmed that a skull found in a backyard cellar in Utah belongs to a woman who went missing nearly 30 years ago.
The Utah State Medical Examiner's Office identified the skeletal remains Wednesday. The remains belong to then-28-year-old Peggy Sue Case, who had been last seen in 1988 before she left a party.
Detectives had reopened the cold case after receiving a call Monday when the human remains were found in Spanish Fork. Case and her boyfriend — Michael Kufrin — lived in the home in 1988, police said.
Spanish Fork Police Lt. Matt Johnson says Kufrin is a person of interest in her disappearance.
The remains had been found by the house's new owner, who had been cleaning the cellar when he noticed a patch of sunken, dirt floor.
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