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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Human remains found on California beach in 2022 identified as missing man

a composite image showing a photo of a man smiling on the left and a beach on the right
The DNA Doe Project said the bones found on Salmon Creek state beach belonged to 59-year-old Walter Karl Kinney, a former banker. Composite: DNA Doe Project, Getty Images

Human remains discovered in the summer of 2022 on a beach in California recently were identified as those of a former banker who disappeared in 1999.

The DNA Doe Project (DDP) on Thursday announced that bones found on Salmon Creek state beach in northern California in June 2022 – by a family searching for seashells – belonged to 59-year-old Walter Karl Kinney, a former banker who lived in nearby Santa Rosa.

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