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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