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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - When hikers found the remains of a man in Madison County in 1993, police had little clue as to who he was or how he got there.
The mystery is partially solved.
The so-called "Madison Man" now has a name, but police are trying to determine if he was murdered. The remains have been identified as those of 36-year-old Douglas Prouty of Madison, Wisconsin.
State police say D-N-A from one of Prouty's siblings provided the match.
Hikers found Prouty's remains on Thanksgiving Day 1993 near Berea College with a belt holding a plastic bag around the head.
State Police Lieutenant Mark Merriman says Prouty's body will be exhumed from Paint Lick Cemetery in Garrard County.
State Forensic Anthropologist Dr. Emily Craig will examine the body for evidence.
