FULTON, Miss. (WTVA) - DNA testing has confirmed the identity of the human remains found in a crawl space in Fulton.
Fulton police and Itawamba County Coroner Sheila Summerford confirmed the identity as Deborah Evans-Bell. Her cause of death has yet to be determined.
Police officers found the remains on Jan. 19 at a home on East Hill Street. Evans-Bell disappeared in February 2016.
On Tuesday, Fulton police confirmed the case is being investigated as a homicide. Evans-Bell lived in the house with her husband.
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