Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970

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3. Makes sense that this took so long. Sounds like the dude was trying to avoid supporting ex and kid.

Being from another state, no one local would have spoken up about someone missing.

Forensic reports said the "body" (my guess is it was body parts because 12" chimney) was in the chimney between 2 months and 2 years.

The Milwaukee JS has a free article with more detail in it. You can find it at the link.

Edited to add that I lived in the Madison area when this happened. Lots of speculation swirling at the time, but the police either didn't know much or weren't releasing much for details until it became a cold case.