India, June 11 -- A 26-year-old cold case concluded on Wednesday, June 10, as authorities were able to identify the human remains found inside a sleeping bag in the remote section of Olympic National Park in Washington in 2000.

On June 10, the National Parks Service released a press statement announcing that the man has been identified as Joseph Louis Serrao Jr. The release stated that the identification was possible due to the breakthrough in DNA identification technologies.

The remains were found in July 2000 in the Sol Duc River drainage area. A researcher had come across the body inside a sleeping bag, which was inside a tent. Despite months-long probe, authorities failed to make a breakthrough then.

The NPS said in the June 10 rel...