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Remains of Chesapeake woman who disappeared in 2017 identified

Chesapeake Police said human remains found were those of Juanita Coffield, who was reported missing in June 2017.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Authorities in Virginia say that human remains found this summer have been identified as a 77-year-old woman with dementia who went missing more than two years ago.

The Virginian-Pilot reports that Chesapeake police announced Monday the remains found were those of Juanita Coffield, who was reported missing in June 2017. 

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Chesapeake police, Virginia Department of Emergency Management crews and hundreds of K-9 teams,  aviation teams and trackers from multiple states had previously searched for Coffield near a road that neighbors reported she'd been seen walking along.

News outlets say a logger came across the remains this June near that same road, about 10 miles from a national wildlife refuge in a southeastern part of the state.

Detectives sent the remains to the Medical Examiner's office.

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