Remains Of Missing Man Identified

HERE IS A FOLLOW UP TO A STORY DALE HAD IN MAY OF LAST YEAR CONCERNING AN ELDERLY MALE WHO HAD GONE MISSING. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 5TH, JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE DISPACHED TO A RESIDENCE ON SHROPSHIRE HOLLOW ROAD IN REFERENCE TO HUMAN REMAINS THAT HAD BEEN FOUND ON THEIR PROPERTY. INVESTIGATORS WITH THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION AS WELL AS A TBI AGENT AND 2 FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. INVESTIGATORS CONTACTED THE FAMILY OF JOE HALL TO OBTAIN DENTAL RECORDS. HE WAS AN ELDERLY MALE WHO SUFFERED FROM DEMENTIA AND WALKED AWAY AND WENT MISSING IN MAY WHILE VACATIONING IN THE AREA. THE REMAINS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM MR. HALLS LAST KNOWN LOCATION. THE REMAINS WERE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THRU THE DENTAL RECORDS TO BE JOE HALL.