CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / MALIBU
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The Los Angeles County coroner has identified the skeleton of a man found in a car at the bottom of a deep canyon in Malibu as a Thousand Oaks resident who had been missing for more than two years.
Using dental X-rays, investigators were able to identify the remains of Jeffrey Howard of Thousand Oaks, said Jerry McKibben, a coroner’s investigator. Howard vanished in December 2006 at age 40 after complaining of a headache and disorientation.
His body was found in a Hyundai sedan at the bottom of a steep, isolated canyon off Kanan Dume Road. The coroner’s office is awaiting results of additional tests to determine the cause of death.
-- Kenneth R. Weiss
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