Remains found by New Hampshire hunter in 1996 identified as man who left home to go for a walk and never returned

The remains of a 78-year-old man who left his home to go for a walk in 1991 and never returned have been identified after New Hampshire authorities used modern DNA testing technology, the state attorney general's office said Thursday.

Benjamin Adams left his home in Canaan that June and his family said he had been suffering from dementia. After search efforts were unsuccessful, he was listed as a missing person.

In November 1996, a hunter discovered some skeletal remains in the woods in Hanover, nearly 20 miles away. Additional bones were discovered after the area was searched. Due to the vicinity of Adams' last known location, investigators suspected the remains might be his, the attorney general's office said in a news release.