CINCINNATI — Police have identified human skeletal remains found in a Cincinnati neighborhood last week.
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Police confirmed that the remains were identified as 31-year-old Mercedes Southard, our news partners at WCPO reported.
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Southard was last seen earlier this year when she walked away from her residence and failed to return on Feb. 3.
The remains were found on July 29 in a wooded area in Cincinnati’s West Price Hill neighborhood, WCPO reported.
Additional information regarding the circumstances surrounding Southard’s death has not been released at this time.
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