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An unidentified woman who was found dead on the shore of Lake Michigan in 1997 was recently identified as Dorothy (Thyng) Ricker.

MANISTEE COUNTY, Mich.—Human remains found in 1997 along Lake Michigan’s shoreline in western Michigan have been identified as ...

Police say human remains found in 1997 along Lake Michigan’s shoreline in western Michigan have been identified as those of a Chicago woman last seen weeks earlier at a Wisconsin beachfront park. Michigan State Police said Monday that forensic experts relying on advanced DNA analyses confirmed in December that the remains are those of Dorothy Lynn Ricker. Ricker, then 26, was last seen on Oct. 2, 1997, sitting on a bench at a Wisconsin lakefront park by officers with the St. Francis Police Department. Twenty-five days later, her unidentified remains were found along the lake in western Michi...

26-year-old Dorothy Lynn (Thyng) Ricker, of Chicago, accidentally drowned before her unclothed body was discovered on October 27, 1997, police announced.

Human remains found in 1997 along Lake Michigan's shoreline in western Michigan have been identified as those of a Chicago woman last seen weeks earlier at a Wisconsin beachfront park, police said Monday.