‘It’s solvable’: Banff RCMP hoping to identify man’s remains recovered decades ago

BANFF, Alta. - RCMP are hoping to unravel the thriller of stays discovered greater than 20 years in the past in Alberta’s Banff Nationwide Park.

The skeleton of a Caucasian man between the age of 19 and 35 was found by a tour information there in 1998. Police have been unable to determine the person, regardless of various clues discovered along with his physique.

Investigators imagine the person was probably nearer to 25 years outdated, was about 5 toes 10 inches tall, had rickets as a baby and possibly died not less than two years earlier than he was discovered on the bottom of Sulphur Mountain about 4 kilometres south of the city of Banff.

RCMP say DNA from the stays has been uploaded into the nationwide databank. Potential lacking particular person’s recordsdata have been cross referenced and dominated out by both DNA or dental information. And there aren't any identified excellent lacking particular person’s circumstances that match the case.

“There’s no actual leads. I’d identical to to get the household the stays,” RCMP Cpl. Natalie Rice mentioned Tuesday.

“With dental information and DNA on file, it’s solvable, which is irritating.”

She mentioned there’s been quite a lot of work accomplished on the case over the previous 20 years.

“An investigator picks it up, tries to do no matter they'll, it sits after which they transfer on.”

There have been a number of gadgets situated within the space of the stays, together with keys from a Seventies or ‘80s Chrysler with a Warfare Amps key tag, footage, and a black pockets with “Amity” written in gold letters, however no identification.

Rice mentioned she had been hopeful that the Warfare Amps tag would have yielded some clues.

“(The Warfare Amps) really hold information they usually hold them so much longer than quite a lot of locations, however not that far again. In order that they have been unable to assist,” Rice mentioned.

She added that investigators have additionally been unable to find the automobile the keys belong to.

“Choosing up a file this late to return is much more difficult for methods checking,” she mentioned. “Say if it was a rental, all of these folks don’t hold information very lengthy.”

Police additionally recovered a tattered photograph within the pockets with a Quebec tackle on the again, however that hasn’t yielded something both.

“It was a close to a seniors’ dwelling or a hospital,” Rice mentioned.

She mentioned Sulphur Mountain is a well-liked location and through the years there have been three our bodies discovered there. One has been recognized.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 25, 2022.