The human remains found in an old car discovered in a
drought-parched South Dakota creek last year were two girls who disappeared
without a trace in 1971, officials have said.
Police confirmed the bodies of Cheryl Miller and Pamela Jackson, both 17, were inside the 1960 Studebaker.
Investigators say the evidence points to a high-speed road accident.
In 2004 a convicted rapist and kidnapper was accused of killing them but the charges were dropped.
"Our day has come, through this journey, for answers pertaining to our beloved sister Sherry and dear friend Pam," relatives of the girls said on Tuesday in a statement read at a news conference in Elk Point. "We will now be able to finish the last chapter of this journey
Analysis:
It's amazing that something that happened so long ago can just now be solved and put to rest. It makes me think of the Malaysia flight that has disappeared and that the families might not get closure until many decades after. I am truly happy for the families, not for their losses, but for the fact that now they can move on.
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