Northern California man’s remains found in Arizona in 1982 identified decades later through DNA testing
KINGMAN, Ariz. — It took more than four decades but authorities said Tuesday that they have finally identified the remains of a California man found in a desert area of northwest Arizona in 1982.
Mohave County Sheriff’s officials said advanced DNA testing concluded that the remains were those of Virgil R. Renner, who left his home in Humboldt County, California, in the early 1970s to search for gold in Nevada.
Investigators said Renner never married or had children and his only siblings — a brother and sister — both died long ago.
It’s unknown how or why Renner ended up in Arizona.
His remains were found in September 1982 in a desert area near Kingman and an autopsy estimated Renner died between 1979 and 1981 at around age 55.
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