Identified! DE - Smyrna, Skeletal Remains found off Mt Friendship Rd, Jan 2018 - Keisha Hamilton

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Police are investigating human skeletal remains found off of Mount Friendship Road, near Smyrna, on Friday.

Officers were dispatched at 1:30 p.m. north of Brenford Road "in reference to a death investigation," said Master Cpl. Melissa Jaffe of the Delaware State Police.

They found human bones at the scene and turned over the evidence to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science, which will try to determine the identification and cause of death.

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/19/state-police-scene-smyrna/1050223001/

 

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[h=1]Missing person case resolved on same day a body is found in Smyrna[/h]

DOVER — Skeletal remains were located in Smyrna last week on the same day authorities resolved a three-year-old missing person case.

But, authorities on Tuesday would not confirm a connection.

On Friday, the Delaware Department of Justice confirmed that Cortez Hamilton, 35, of Smyrna, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder regarding the presumed death of his wife three years ago.
His wife, Keisha, has not been seen since around Jan. 9, 2015.

On Monday, DSP spokeswoman Master Cpl. Melissa Jaffe said the skeletal discovery “remains under investigation and further information will be released when it becomes available.

“The remains have not yet been identified by the Delaware Division of Forensic Science.”
Attempts to reach Hamilton case prosecutor Deputy Attorney General Stephen W. Welch for comment were unsuccessful Tuesday.
Hamilton’s defense attorney John R. Garey declined comment until after sentencing on March 28.

https://delawarestatenews.net/news/missing-person-case-resolved-day-body-found-smyrna/

 

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Keisha's Thread: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...E-Keisha-Hamilton-35-Smyrna-10-Jan-2015/page3

 

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[h=1]DOJ confirms Smyrna wife killer told authorities where to find body[/h]

DOVER — A 35-year-old Smyrna man provided the location of his missing wife’s body as part of a guilty plea deal to murder last week, officials confirmed Wednesday.
After Cortez A. Hamilton gave information Friday in the supposed whereabouts of his wife’s body, Delaware State Police located human skeletal remains at Mount Friendship Road north of Brenford Road.

Delaware Department of Justice spokeswoman Nicole Magnusson said Wednesday “[t]esting by the Division of Forensic Science is ongoing to positively identify the remains.”

https://delawarestatenews.net/police/doj-confirms-smyrna-wife-killer-told-authorities-find-body/

 

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UPDATE: Remains identified as missing Smyrna woman after husband pleads guilty to murder - 47abc

The Division of Forensic Science has made positive identification of human skeletal remains found last month near Smyrna
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The remains have been positively identified, through D.N.A. analysis, as that of 38-year-old Keisha Hamilton, who went missing in January 2015.