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Kristi Cornwell: Remains of Missing Woman Found in Northern Ga.

Kristi Cornwell Remains Found In North Ga.
Kristi Cornwell (Personal Photo)

DECATUR, Ga. (CBS/AP) Investigators say bones found over the weekend in Georgia belong to Kristi Cornwell, a woman who vanished while out for a walk more than a year ago.

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Cornwell was 38 when she disappeared during a walk near her parents' home in north Georgia.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said in an e-mail Monday that officials used dental records to identify her, but he did not say how she died.

Cornwell had worked as a probation officer. She was on her cell phone with her boyfriend on Aug. 11, 2009, when he overheard a struggle after she told him she thought a car was following her.

The bureau plans a news conference on Monday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI at 800-597-TIPS (8477), the Union County Sheriff's Office at 706-439-6080 or the Cherokee, North Carolina Sheriff's Office at 828-835-4152.

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