Body found in Washington railroad tunnel has been identified 43 years later, cops say

Three men were walking through a railroad tunnel in 1980 when they came across a body, police in Washington said. Now, DNA testing has helped identity the remains 43 years later as 56-year-old Donald Leroy Pearson, the Spokane Police Department said in a June 2 news release. His body was discovered in Spokane in January 1980 with burn marks and significant head trauma, police said. Officials ruled his death a homicide because of his “traumatic injuries and smoke inhalation.” But authorities were unable to identify the body because he didn’t have any identification on him at the time. He also d...