PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - Yavapai County authorities are trying to determine if human remains recently found are those of a man missing for nearly a decade.
County Sheriff’s officials say Larry Powers was last seen in April 2007 at gold mining stores in Wickenburg and Salome.
They say the then 58-year-old Powers was a partner in a mining claim outside of Bagdad, Arizona with Anthony Richards.
Sheriff’s officials say the 53-year-old Richards was arrested last May in Oregon, accused of identity theft and fraud charges for alleging using the credit card of his ex-business partner.
Powers was declared to be presumed dead by a California court in 2012.
Sheriff’s detectives are working with the county medical examiner to confirm the identity of the remains.
Richards remains jailed on a $100,000 bond in Camp Verde.
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