The Latest Breaking News from Gary Frank Sorden

Human skull found nearly 50 years after man mauled to death by bear while hiking

Gary Frank Sotherden was reported missing in the late 1970s. A skull was later discovered by hunters in 1997 along the Porcupine River in Alaska, US, but police couldn't extract any DNA

Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2023

Human skull found in Alaska two decades ago belongs to man mauled by bear in 1976

Nearly 50 years after Gary Sotherden vanished while hiking in the remote Alaska interior, the mystery of his death has been solved through DNA

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

A skull found in 1997 in remote part of Alaska actually belongs to a New York man

Alaska authorities say a skull found in a remote part of the state’s Interior in 1997 belongs to a New York man who likely died in a bear mauling

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023