SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) - Coconino County Sheriff’s officials say they’ve recovered human remains believed to be of a Sedona man reported missing nearly a decade ago.
The remains have been taken to the medical examiner’s office for positive identification and the cause and manner of death.
Sedona police say 38-year-old Paul Ashley was reported missing in October 2007.
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Late last month, a hiker found human bones and a weathered shoe in a steep drainage north of Sedona.
Sheriff’s deputies and detectives hiked into the drainage and located the human bones, the shoe and some tattered clothing.
Authorities say the drainage was searched Saturday and more bones were found plus clothing and a handgun.
Detectives were able to verify the serial number of the handgun matched the one Ashley bought in Flagstaff before his disappearance.
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