Remains Found in Southern Oregon County Identified More than 50 Years Later as Missing Teen

Forensic files: Mystery Oregon remains identified as those of 19-year-old Montana man who went missing 52 years ago

In 1974, Mark Smith left his Montana home.

Remains found in Josephine Co. in 1978 identified as missing Montana man

Remains that were found in Josephine County in 1978 have been identified as a missing Montana man, according to Oregon State Police.

Josephine County case: Missing man from 1974 finally identified

Human remains found near Williams in 1978 have been identified as Mark Smith, a Montana man who went missing more than 50 years ago when he was 19 years old.

DNA links 1978 southern Oregon remains to 19-year-old traveler missing more than 50 years

A missing man has been identified after more than 50 years, Oregon State Police reported.The last known photograph of Mark Smith was taken at his sister’s weddi

Remains found in southern Oregon county identified more than 50 years later as missing teen

A logging crew discovered the skeletal remains near Holcomb Peak. Mark Smith was 19 in 1974 when he left his home in Montana to travel, then disappeared.

After 50 Years, Southern Oregon Remains Identified as Missing 19-Year-Old

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. (AP) — Human remains discovered nearly five decades ago in southwestern Oregon have been identified as a Montana teenager who vanished in 1974, authorities said. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office announced that the remains, found in 1978 near Williams in Josephine County, were confirmed on Feb. 26, 2026, to be those…