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Skull found on riverbank in 1986 ID'd as missing NJ man

Headline from FOX 43 York

DNA analysis identified the skull found on the riverbank in Morrisville in 1986 as that of 31-year-old Richard Thomas Alt, a suspected homicide victim.

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  1. FOX 43 York

    Skull found on riverbank in 1986 ID'd as missing NJ man (opens FOX 43 York)

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    FOX 43 York's feed description

    DNA analysis identified the skull found on the riverbank in Morrisville in 1986 as that of 31-year-old Richard Thomas Alt, a suspected homicide victim.

  2. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Skull Found on Bucks County Riverbank in 1986 ID'd as Missing NJ Man (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    The skull found on a riverbank in Morrisville has been identified as being that of a 31-year-old New Jersey man who went missing in 1984.

  3. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Skull found on riverbank in Bucks County in 1986 ID'd as missing NJ man (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    Authorities say a skull found on banks of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania more than 3 1/2 decades ago has been identified as that of a man long believed slain in New Jersey along with his girlfriend, whose body had been found in the river on the New Jersey side the previous year.

  4. Fox News

    Missing Pennsylvania man identified 37 years after his skull was found along riverbank (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Detectives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, worked with a private forensic DNA lab to identify a skull found nearly four decades ago as belonging to Richard Thomas Alt.

  5. Triblive

    Skull found on Pa. riverbank in 1986 ID'd as missing NJ man (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    MORRISVILLE, Pa. — Authorities say a skull found on banks of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania more than 3 1/2 decades ago has been identified as that of a man long believed slain in New Jersey along with his girlfriend, whose body had been found in the river on the

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