Remains identified as woman missing since 1996

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FULTON, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say human remains found in a car pulled from a central New York river last week have been identified as those of a woman who disappeared nearly 20 years ago.

The Oswego Police Department says the remains were confirmed as being those of 30-year-old Carol Wood, who disappeared early on the morning of Aug. 6, 1996, after leaving a bar in the Lake Ontario city.

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