
On January 13, 2008, MoDOT contractors found the skull of Larry Lawrence Abney when they were looking for a water source for some signs that they were setting.
Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott says that a skull and complete set of bones were found inside a sleeping bag under a blue tarp. He said that the tarp, "appeared to have been used as a makeshift tent."
Abney was convicted in McDonald County in 1994 of sexual abuse of a six year-old girl.
Investigators traveled to Illinois to obtain DNA from Abney's father to compare with the remains. Captain Randy Gibson says, "an EBT card (food stamp card) was found in Abney's wallet and was last used in September of 2005 and still had a balance of $150.00."
Cops theorize that Abney died sometime after November of 2005 when a large limb fell onto his tent because "Abney had magazines that were dated from November of 2005 in his tent."
Major Phil Corcoran say that investigators were told they would have results back in six months but, "we were at the mercy of the DNA lab at North Texas University because of the shortage of specialized lab technicians."
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