(Arlington, TX) — Officials are identifying human remains found in East Texas 20 years ago as those of an Arlington woman.

A highway work crew found a skull and some partial bones near Longview in May 2002.  The Gregg County Sheriff’s Office was unable to match the remains with any missing person report.  The DNA Doe Project finally identified the woman as Pamela Young of Arlington.

Her family said she was a transient, so they never reported her missing.  They gave police the name of a person of interest who turned out to be dead since 2017.

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