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Associated Press - December 17, 2009 11:54 PM ET
METROPOLIS, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police say they have finally identified a woman whose skeletal remains were found on a ditch by a rural Massac County road more than four years ago.
State police said Thursday they had determined that the dead woman was 72-year-old Frances Graham of Tellico, Tenn. They say that Graham was reported kidnapped from Blount County, Tenn., on Sept. 18, 2005, and that foul play was involved in her death.
The skeletal remains were found on Nov. 19, 2005, by Metropolis resident Harry Foss as he was driving farm equipment down the rural road. Foss, who is now 71, says he has often wondered about who the dead woman was.
Massac County State's Attorney Patrick Windhorst says he can say little about the case because of the ongoing investigation.
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