UPDATE – RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) – Montana authorities said Tuesday that human remains found in Carbon County about 18 years ago have been identified as those of a Wisconsin hitchhiker who left his home state to flee legal trouble. The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office said the decomposed body of Rogers Lee Ellis were identified using skeletal remains and DNA. Authorities believe Ellis was killed while hitchhiking and his body was dumped in Montana. The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation is continuing.
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