Remains with 'Recognizable Face' Finally Identified as Oldest Son of Family Who 'Dropped Off the Radar' Nearly 50 Years Ago

Nearly 50 years after he went missing, authorities were finally able to determine the identity of a man who died alone hundreds of miles from home.

On Wednesday (March 1), the DNA Doe Project, a group of investigative genetic genealogists, and the Virginia State Police revealed that had figured out a decades-old mystery after being unable to identify a man who died in a traffic accident on March 23, 1977 in Ashland, Virginia.

Previously referred to as Ashland John Doe, he was finally identified as 20-year-old Peter Adams...