‘All this time, he was dead’: DNA test on body found in Texas lake in 1986 solves old mystery

For 37 years, the identity of a body found in a Texas lake was unknown. A detective took the case in 2020 and sent the remains for DNA testing Photograph: Getty Images

A body pulled from a lake in 1986 is that of a missing person who family say they had not seen in decades, new DNA tests confirm.

“We just assumed he was in Texas living his life, and all this time, he was dead,” his sister Gwen Tranum told local news station ABC13.