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Identified remains in 1985 missing person case led Cape Coral police to 2-day dig off Kismet Pkwy<\/p>\n

\"LayzaCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

Officers with the Cape Coral Police Department have identified human remains connected to a 1985 disappearance, prompting a multi-day dig in a lot near Kismet Parkway.<\/p>\n

CCPD says 23-year-old Rose Marie Gayhart was reported missing by her family in Danville, New York. She was known to be working in the Cape Coral\/North Fort Myers area.<\/p>\n

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Back in 2024, human remains were discovered by kayakers in a canal in Northeast Cape Coral, and in May officers were able to confirm that they belonged to Gayhart.<\/p>\n

The area where the remains were located, off Kismet Parkway<\/a> and near Northeast 19th Avenue, was excavated by police, deputies with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Broward County Sheriff’s Office and the District 21 Medical Examiner’s Office.<\/p>\n

Investigators were seen using excavators, sifting through piles of dirt beneath a tent and cutting down trees at the property for two days<\/a>. A forensics boat was also observed in a nearby canal as the search continued.<\/p>\n

CCPD says the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office in New York played an integral role in securing the DNA used to identify the remains.<\/p>\n

Police say this is now an open homicide investigation. <\/p>\n

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