Remains found in Santa Fe National Forest identified as 1950s wrestler, actor

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Remains found in Santa Fe National Forest identified as 1950s wrestler, actor

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 (KRQE) – A set of human remains that were found 24 years ago in the Santa Fe National Forest have been identified and linked to a man who was a wrestler and actor in the 1950s.

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The Sandoval County Sheriff’s Department and the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator submitted forensic evidence to

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Keeble Wofford, Sr., also known as Kimo Mahi. (Credit: Othram)

The remains were identified as those of Keeble Wofford, Sr, also known as Kimo Mahi. Investigators believe he traveled from Pueblo, Colorado, to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in September 1992 for a business meeting and was never heard from again.

Wofford’s remains were discovered in a clandestine grave by hikers in the forest. The hikers contacted law enforcement, and the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office responded. The bones were excavated with an anthropologist who determined the skeletal remains had been buried in a shallow grave.

More than two decades later, scientists at Othram’s laboratory were able to extract DNA from the remains and build a DNA profile. The profile was then delivered to investigators with the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI’s forensic genetic genealogy team.

Investigators built a family tree that led to likely relatives of the man, including a possible daughter. The daughter submitted a reference DNA sample to Othram, which was compared to the unidentified man’s DNA profile and led to the positive identification of the man.

“People should know that it doesn’t matter how old a case is, or whether it was hopeless in the past, there is technology here today that is able to bring answers to families like in this case,” Kristen Mittelman, chief development officer for Othram, said. “This was a well-known man who just disappeared more than 20 years ago and now he has his name again.”

A death certificate was issued by the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator, and Wofford’s daughter will be receiving his cremated remains.

Investigators continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding Wofford’s death.

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