Human remains located in a rugged area in Calaveras County last October have been identified as those of a Concord man who was missing for more than a year.
The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office said Thursday that the deceased was identified as Steve Delaney, Jr., 42, who was reported missing out of the county around August 2021.The caller who initially reported the finding told authorities that he was hunting in a steep, rugged area of Ponderosa Way east of the North Fork of the Mokelumne River when he discovered the remains.
Sheriff's office detectives and a forensic anthropologist hiked to the spot in the Mokelumne River Canyon and confirmed the remains were human. The Calaveras County Search and Rescue Team was able to take the remains to the road where they were then moved to the Calaveras County Coroner.
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