KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) – Human remains found near Garnett, Kansas, in 1973 have been positively identified more than 50 years later. The remains were determined to belong to a teenager from Kansas City, Kansas, who had disappeared in 1972.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) said the decomposing remains of an unidentified male were located three miles southeast of Garnett, off 1550 Road on April 18, 1973. He was found wearing a brown corduroy jacket, a green long-sleeved buttoned shirt, jeans, a black leather belt with a large buckle, brown hiking boots and a navy blue stocking cap.

He was also wearing two gold rings with crosses, a ring with the number “78” and a silver chain with a large cross, according to the KBI.

During an autopsy in 1973, the coroner ruled the victim’s manner of death a homicide due to signs of trauma. It was determined the victim was around 20 years old and believed to have brown hair and a slender build.

The KBI said over the years, many attempts were made to identify the remains and learn what happened to the victim.

In 2024, DNA was extracted from the remains so that a DNA profile could be utilized for forensic genetic genealogy testing.

Earlier this year, the KBI learned the testing had identified relatives of the unknown victim. After further investigation, KBI agents and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office located the victim’s siblings. They conducted interviews and collected DNA from a sibling for comparison.

The unidentified person was then positively identified as Jimmy Allen Dollison.

The KBI said Dollison had been living in Kansas City, Kansas when he disappeared sometime in October or November of 1972, when he was 16 years old.

According to family members, he was reported missing by his parents, but the family never learned what happened.

The KBI and the sheriff’s office are continuing to investigate the circumstances of Dollison’s death.

Anyone with information is asked to call the KBI at 1-800-KS-CRIME or report tips online here.