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Anthropologist believes remains of missing California teen have been found three years after mudslide
By Andy Rose, CNN
An anthropologist believes that the remains of a California 17-year-old who went missing after deadly mudslides in 2018 have been found three years later.
Dr. Danielle Kurin of the University of California, Santa Barbara said in a forensic report that she is “over 90% certain that these remains are those of Jack Cantin,” according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.
Cantin was one of 23 victims who died in the Montecito mudslides, a massive debris flow caused by the effects of the Thomas Fire, which was the largest wildfire in California at the time.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KYMA, KECY/CNN) - Dr. Danielle Kurin, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, believes the remains of a body recently found may be one of three victims still missing in the Montecito mudslides.
According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Office, Dr. Kurin is “over 90% certain that these remains are those of Jack Cantin.” Cantin, 17, is one of 23 victims who died in the previously mentioned mudslides.
In a one-page Fast Fact Forensic Report prepared by Dr. Kurin, the anthropologist stated that the remains found are “are consistent with those of Jack Cantin.
UCSB anthropology students helped in search for Montecito teen s remains
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UC Santa Barbara Anthropology undergraduate students helped in the search for the remains of Jack Cantin, the teen who has been missing since the 2018 mudslide in Montecito.
The group of students and their professor tell KSBY that they began to uncover the remains of Cantin over Memorial Day.
The January 9, 2018 mudslide took the lives of 23 people.
In the weeks, months, and years that followed, there were countless searches to find two-year-old Lydia Sutthithepa and 17-year-old John Jack Cantin.
An estimated four million bucket loads of mud and debris was moved to no avail.