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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's state archaeologist is raising doubts about the recently announced discovery of the remains of Everett Ruess, a legendary poet and painter who disappeared in the Utah wilderness in 1934.
Kevin Jones says Ruess' dental records don't match the lower jaw found among remains a year ago in a remote spot of southeastern Utah.
But family spokesman Brian Ruess of Portland, Ore., says the old dental records can't be regarded as wholly accurate.
Still, Brian Ruess says the family enlisted a dental expert to look at the evidence. The family also is preparing for a reexamination of DNA tests and other methods that seemed to erase any doubts.
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