Skull found in Louisiana woods identified as man missing almost 7 years
Remains found in a Caddo Parish wooded area in August 2021 have been identified as a man who has been missing for seven years.
Kenneth Wayne Cole was 32 at the time he was reported missing in November 2015.
On August 11, a passerby alerted police to a skull in the wooded area off Financial Plaza Drive.
Caddo Parish Coroner's investigators, Shreveport Police and a cadaver dog searched the area but found no other remains.
The last time Cole’s family had contact with him was on Nov. 16, 2015, by phone. He purchased a plane ticket to Las Vegas and was expected to leave on Nov. 20, but he didn’t make the flight. He had plans to move to Alaska with a friend but didn’t make it there either.
Detectives previously said there were no obvious signs of foul play.
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According to Caddo Parish Coroner Dr. Todd Thoma, Cole was positively identified through DNA.
At this time no determination has been made of his manner or cause of death.
Misty Castile is the editor of the Shreveport Times. You can reach her at mcastile@gannett.com or on Twitter at @castilemisty.
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