According to police, human remains found in a garbage bag in Twinsburg (Ohio, USA) almost 40 years ago belong to Frank “Frankie” Little Jr, a member of the R&B band The O’Jays. According to investigators, the musician was murdered.
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The Twinsburg, Ohio Police Department announced on Tuesday that it had identified human remains found in the city on February 18, 1982 in a garbage bag. DNA from relatives of Frank “Frankie” Little Jr. was used for identification. from the R&B band The O’Jays, which the remains are said to belong to.
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Who was Frank Little Jr.?
Police added little is known about Little’s disappearance and death. According to the release, he grew up in Cleveland. In the mid-1960s, he was a guitarist and songwriter for The O’Jays.
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Little served two years in the US Army, including the Vietnam War. According to press releases, he had a daughter who died in 2012 and a son whose fate is unknown.
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The band made a statement to CNN that Little was part of the band early in their career. “He came with us the first time we left Cleveland and went to Los Angeles, but he was also in love with the Cleveland woman he missed so much that he returned to Cleveland a short time later,” the statement said. The band members “wish his family and friends to close what seems to be a very sad story.”
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Found remains
According to police, the remains were found in a garbage bag behind a closed company in Twinsburg 40 years ago. A company employee found a skull in the snow, then the police found a bag of bones.
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Police concluded that a homicide had occurred, but the identity of the person to whom the remains had remained a secret for nearly 40 years. In October, thanks to collaboration with the DNA Doe project, police found potential relatives of the victim who gave the police Little’s name and a DNA sample.
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The remains were handed over to the family
The sample was analyzed by the Ohio Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab, and Little’s identity was then confirmed by Dr. Lisa Kohler of the Summit County Bureau of Forensics. “It’s nice that we can give the family answers and hopefully they feel the case is closed,” said Twinsburg Detective Eric Hendershott.
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According to police, Little spent the end of his life in the mid-1970s in Cleveland, about 38 kilometers from the site where the remains were discovered.
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Police are still investigating the case to find out what happened. His remains will be given to his relatives for burial.
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photo-source">Main photo source: Echoes/Redferns/Getty Images
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