Remains in Loleta w/UPDATE - Identified

◼ Skeleton found in rural Loleta
Humboldt County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Brenda Godsey said Monday that a man hired by the landowner to do some cleanup on the property had discovered the skeleton in a burned-out building at about 3:30 p.m.
Humboldt County Sheriff's Office deputies responded and confirmed that the bones were human.

Ch. 3 TV News called the building a church that had burned down 6 years ago.

◼ Investigation into Loleta skeleton focuses on identifying the remains

◼ The truth is in the teeth in Loleta case
Two years after her disappearance, the human remains found near Loleta last week have been identified as those of Stephanie Lee Fowler.

The remains were identified by the teeth -- a forensic odontologist compared Fowler's past dental records with the teeth of the skeleton, said Humboldt County Coroner Dave Parris.

Forensic odontologists are often “the only ones who can make positive IDs,” he said.

Fowler was 34 and a mother of six when she was last seen in 2007, getting into a white vehicle on Eel River Drive in Loleta, not far from where the remains were found. Her family reported her missing May 26, 2007, but had last seen her about a month before, according to a Humboldt County Sheriff's Office press release....

...The body has been sent to Redding for evaluation and Quenell expects to know how she died soon....