Bones found in park finally identified

Posted: 06/05/2006 07:00:04 [Link]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Skeletal remains found in a Mississippi state park seven months ago have been identified as those of a missing Kingman woman.

It took a confession from Sharon Miller’s roommate to Florida officials in late April to put an end to her family’s desperate search and to solve a mystery for Mississippi authorities.

Holmes County, Mississippii, Sheriff Willie March says Debby Arva told the Jacksonville, Florida police that she had killed someone in Mississippi.

Arva was arrested May first on a murder charge after leading investigators to the spot where the bones had been found last November. Authorities used D-N-A and dental records last week to identify the remains as Miller.

Police says Arva and Miller had lived together in a mobile home park in Kingman and then moved to the New Orleans area. However, police the two women evacuated to Memphis as Hurricane Rita threatened the area last September.

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