GRAY SUMMIT, Mo. -- Skeletal remains found last week in eastern Missouri are those of a man missing for more than five years.
Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said the man's name was inscribed on the plate of his false teeth and matches that of a St. Clair man reported missing in April after relatives had not heard from him since 1996.
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