Remains of Auburn student who disappeared in 1976 positively identified

Authorities have positively identified the remains of an Auburn student whose car was found in an Alabama creek 45 years after he disappeared. 

On Monday, the Troup County Coroner's Office positively identified remains recovered from a creek in Chambers County as belonging to 22-year-old Kyle Clinkscales, the Troup County Sheriff's Office announced in a news release. The remains were found inside Clinkscales 1974 Ford Pinto back in 2021.

The remains were analyzed by an FBI lab at the request of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and currently an official report has not been completed or released in relation to the manner of death, the sheriff's department said.