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Remains Found More Than 24 Years Ago at Tulsa are Identified

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 Human remains found more than 24 years ago near Tulsa have been identified as a Tulsa woman who was reported missing in 2012.

The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that a DNA analysis has determined the remains are those of Greta Riles, who would have been 23 when the remains were found.

The sheriff's office says a hunter found a human skull on the north edge of Tulsa on Dec. 9, 1992, and bones were later found in the area. The remains were eventually sent to the University of North Texas for a DNA analysis and have now been identified as Riles.

The sheriff's office says Riles' family did not report her missing for nearly 20 years "due to Riles' lifestyle." A cause of death has not been determined.