Remains Found in Drained Swamp Identified as Man Missing Since 1976

NEED TO KNOW

Human remains found in a drained New York swamp in 1991 have finally been identified as a man who went missing in 1976, according to state police

Mikolai Celesz was 76 at the time of his disappearance

Details surrounding what happened remain under investigation

Skeletal remains found in New York almost 35 years ago have finally been identified as belonging to a man who disappeared in the 1970s.

The human bones were discovered on Sept. 14, 1991 “after a swamp was drained off Woods Road in the Town of Greenville, in Orange County, New York,” according to a news release from New York State Police (NYSP).

At the scene, police found a "skull and additional skeletal remains concentrated within a seven-foot radius, with portions of the remains buried under approximately one f