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Ohio County Remains Sent To Smithsonian For ID

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Authorities have sent skeletal remains found in Ohio County to the Smithsonian Institution for identification.

Ohio County Sheriff Pat Butler tells The Intelligence and Wheeling News Register that authorities hope Smithsonian anthropologists also can determine the cause of death.

Hikers found the remains in an abandoned house in April.