Cause of death undetermined for Georgia college student found after missing for over 40 years

LAGRANGE, Ga. — A decades-long cold case for a missing Georgia college studentKyle Clinkscales, a LaGrange native, went missing on his way back to school at Auburn University in 1976. For 45 years, police had very few answers.

But that changed in 2021 when his white Ford Pinto was found along with bones and his wallet with his ID and credit cards. Over a year later, Clinkscales' skeletal remains wereClinkscales and his 1974 Ford Pinto went missing on Jan. 27, 1976 were last seen at the Moose Club in LaGrange, according to officials.

But on Tuesday, Troup County Sheriff James Woodruff shared new information about the case based on results that came in from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab. The GBI medical examiner officially listed the cause of death for Clinkscales as"undetermined," and the case is now closed unless further evidence is discovered in the case, which still leaves Clinkscales' family answers as to how he died.

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