Coroner: Remains found in Lawrence County match man reported missing in 2017

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Lawrence County Coroner identified remains found in February as those of a man missing since 2017.

Lawrence County Coroner Scott Norwood told News 19 that the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences had matched the remains with the DNA of Steven Patrick White, who was last seen in 2017.

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The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) originally said the skeletal remains were found 11000 block of Highway 101 in the Hatton community in February.

LCSO said White was reported missing in 2017 and was last seen at his home on Hwy 101 in Town Creek on Friday, October 27, 2017. An eyewitness said they saw him leaving his home around 4 p.m.

The sheriff’s office later searched the area in June of 2018 but never found White.

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