By Associated Press - Saturday, January 19, 2019

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Police say skeletal remains found more than two months ago in northeastern Arkansas are those of a man missing for more than five years.

Jonesboro police say in a news release Friday that the remains were identified by the state crime lab as those of 47-year-old James Doyle Murray of Jonesboro.

A suspected cause of death was not released.

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Police say Murray was reported missing in July 2013 by his mother.

Police have said the remains were found scattered in south Jonesboro near a softball complex.

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