The remains of a man found in December 2009 by children playing in a wooded area west of an Oregon Department of Transportation gravel storage facility in Hood River County has been identified through advanced DNA testing.  The Oregon State Police says the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the positive identification in July of 2021.  A month later, the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office informed the family of the man who had been reported missing from the East Coast, but they were unconvinced the body was that of their missing loved one.  The OSP says a kinship inference analysis done with a sample of an oral swab from a sibling of the missing man confirmed the initial determination.  The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office and the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s office have now collaborated with the family, and the body was successfully released to the funeral home of their choice this month.  The OSP says the name of the man has not been released at the request of family members.