Media Release

FOR: Immediate Release
DATE:  October 15, 1998
CONTACT: Robert Marshall Ph.D. (401) 222-2231

State Medical Examiner Identifies Skeletonized Remains

The Office of State Medical Examiners, in conjunction with the Rhode Island State Police and the Hopkinton Rhode Island Police Department, is releasing the following information:

The skeletonized remains found at 163 Collins Road, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, on September 24, 1997, have been positively identified by the use of dental comparison, computer aided facial/skull superimposition, anthropological data, and personal effects as Camilla Lowell Lyman, a white female, born in Westwood, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1932. Ms. Lyman was reported missing from her home in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, on December 12, 1988.

Doctor Laposata, Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Rhode Island states: "Our office worked very closely with the Special Projects Section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory in Washington, D.C. to confirm the identification. I am very confident in the results of our identification procedures; the remains are those of Camilla Lyman."

She was the victim of homicidal violence. No further information will be released; this case in an ongoing criminal investigation.

Anyone with information please contact the Rhode Island State Police Detective Bureau at (401) 444-1000, and/or Chief Scuncio of the Hopkinton, Rhode Island Police Department at (401) 377-7750.

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