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A missing persons report was filed a year before she was found. Yet her remains went unidentified for 3 decades

Investigators identified the remains of a woman found in a Coopersville, Michigan, cornfield in 1994 as Shelly Rae Kephart, and authorities confirmed her identity. They state 'Artman may be responsible for the murder.'
Michigan authorities long suspected Garry Dean Artman, an alleged serial killer, in the death of Kephart; hunters discovered her body in a rural cornfield.
The Ottawa County Sheriff used forensic genealogy in 2022, tracing Kephart's family tree to Minneapolis, confirming she was reported missing from there.
Garry Artman, who died in 2023, admitted to killing women and was serving a sentence for Sharon Hammack's murder while facing charges for Dusty Shuck.
Authorities seek public assistance by calling 160, as the authorities believed 'Artman may be responsible for the murder, though there is no direct evidence that ties him to the murder.

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