Skull found in rural Alaska ID'ed as missing New York man

A skull found in a remote part of Alaska's Interior in 1997 belongs to a New York man who likely died in a bear mauling, state authorities said. Investigators used genetic genealogy to help identify the remains as those of Gary Frank Sotherden, according to a statement Thursday from Alaska state troopers. MISSING PENNSYLVANIA MAN IDENTIFIED 37 YEARS AFTER HIS SKULL WAS FOUND ALONG RIVERBANK In July 1997, a hunter contacted troopers in Fairbanks and reported finding a human skull along the Porcup