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DNA tests on remains confirm Steve Fossett dead
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-11-04 08:55
 
Adventurer Steve Fossett (R) and wife Peggy are pictured at the Kent International Airport in southern England after Fossett made the longest non-stop flight in aviation history, in this February 11, 2006 file photograph. According to the California Department of Justice Forensics lab November 3, 2008, genetic tests on two bones found near the wreckage of Fossett's plane contained Fossett's DNA. Early October 2008, local authorities discovered the wreckage of the aircraft after a hiker not far from Yosemite National Park found identification cards belonging to Fossett, prompting a search that uncovered the crash site. [Agencies]