{"id":13987,"date":"2025-10-24T19:08:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13987\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T19:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:08:05","slug":"human-remains-found-near-millcreek-mall-last-year-identified-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13987\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Remains Found Near Millcreek Mall Last Year Identified | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"remains.png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Human remains found near Millcreek Mall last year have been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Millcreek Police say the remains, discovered in October 2024 in Walnut Creek, belong to Rebecca Hakes of Olean, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Hakes was reported missing in late 2024. Investigators worked with forensic experts, a Texas-based DNA lab, and Hakes\u2019 relatives to confirm her identity.<\/p>\n<p>DNA samples from family members helped solve the case.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say there were no signs of trauma or natural disease. They thanked everyone involved, including Hakes\u2019 family, for helping bring closure to the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Human remains found near Millcreek Mall last year have been identified. Millcreek Police say the remains, discovered in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[3230,136,138,137,10622,4869,10623,10621],"class_list":{"0":"post-13987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-dna","9":"tag-erie","10":"tag-erie-headlines","11":"tag-erie-news","12":"tag-identified","13":"tag-millcreek","14":"tag-millcreek-police","15":"tag-remains"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}