Remains Found Buried Under Train Tracks Identified Nearly 40 Years Later, Raising a New Question in the Investigation

Nearly 40 years after human remains were found buried under a stretch of train tracks in Knoxville, Tenn., authorities were able to identify who they belonged to.

Now, they’re asking new questions as they strive to bring a conclusion to a decades-long investigation.

In a press release on Monday (March 9), the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced that they had identified the remains — which had been discovered by railway workers on August 30, 1998 — as belonging to James Robert Benson.