1998 Tuscarawas County Cold Case of Unidentified Human Remains Found in Suitcase Solved

1998 Tuscarawas County cold case of unidentified human remains found in suitcase solved

The Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office is closing the door on a cold case that has troubled the Dover Township community for decades.

Investigators ID remains in 28-year-old cold case

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A decades-old case in Tuscarawas County has been solved thanks to new DNA technology. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office says investigators have identified dismembered human remains that were found in 1998 in two suitcases in Dover and Jefferson Townships. Using advanced DNA testing, they have determined the remains belong to Lawrence A. Drotleff, who would have been 93 at the time the suitcases were found. Authorities say…