Georgia authorities find missing Auburn student's car

Authorities successful Georgia announced a breakthrough successful a 45-year-old acold case.

Troup County Sheriff's Office announced connected Facebook that they recovered the car of missing Auburn University pupil Kyle Clinkscales, who went missing connected January 27, 1976, driving backmost to school.

In the car, they found idiosyncratic belongings which appeared to person belonged to Clinkscales.

They besides recovered 50 antithetic skeletal remains, including a partial skull bone, which volition beryllium sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation transgression laboratory for further analysis.

According to the Associated Press, the 22-year-old was heading backmost to the assemblage from LaGrange aft leaving his bartending occupation astatine the LaGrange Moose Club astatine astir 11 p.m. successful his 1974 two-door Ford Pinto erstwhile helium and his conveyance disappeared.

On Dec. 7, deputies were called retired to a creek for what appeared to beryllium a submerged car.

After checking the car tag, deputies said the car tag and VIN matched that of a 1974 Ford Pinto, the aforesaid car the pupil was past seen driving.

The AP reported that astatine a quality conference, Troup County Sheriff James Woodruff said they mightiness ne'er cognize however Clinkscales died.

The quality outlet reported that Woodruff said the 22-year-old mightiness person accidentally tally disconnected the road, but he's not ruling retired foul play.

Former Sheriff Donny Turner told the AP helium isn't ruling retired homicide.

Turner told the quality outlet that helium believes Jimmy Earl Jones was astatine the country and that Jones was correctly prosecuted for lying to investigators.

The AP reported that Jones pleaded blameworthy successful 2006 to 2 counts of mendacious statements.