NEW: RI State Police Announce Human Remains of Man Found on 95 Identified as Missing Pawtucket Man

NEW: RI State Police Announce Human Remains of Man Found on 95 Identified as Missing Pawtucket Man

On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, members of the Rhode Island State Police Detective Division and Pawtucket Police Department initiated an investigation and identification of human remains located in a wooded area on the side of Interstate Route 95.

The body was found near exit 25 in the City of Pawtucket.

Investigators recovered clothing at the scene which matched the clothing of a missing Pawtucket man that was last seen on June 16, 2019.

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This week examiners from the Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s Office were able to match unique skeletal characteristics to confirm and positively identify the remains as that of the missing Pawtucket man identified as Felix Colon. 

At the time he went missing it was reported that he suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

The cause and manner of death were not undetermined.