Remains identified as Vietnam veteran nearly 50 years after farmers chasing pig stumbled upon skeleton

Skeletal remains discovered nearly five decades ago in Arizona have been identified as a Vietnam veteran from Minnesota, authorities said Wednesday.

The remains of Gerald Francis Long were first found 40 miles east of Flagstaff off Meteor City Road on April 19, 1975, by farmers chasing a runaway pig, the Coconino County Sheriff's Office said. 

Over 49 years, detectives developed numerous leads but were never able to put a name to the victim, who became known as Munsingwear Doe for...