Body identified as Lonsdale man, 25

— A body found last week by Saline County authorities has been identified as that of a man who had been missing for nearly four months.

Saline County sheriff ’s deputies found Roy Smith’s remains in a rural area near the Saline-Garland county line last week, authorities said. Smith, 25, had been missing from the Lonsdale area in Garland County.

Smith’s girlfriend last saw him July 27 when he told her he was going to ride all-terrain vehicles with his friends near Lonsdale. He was last seen driving into a wooded area near that location, The Associated Press reported.

The sheriff ’s office sent the remains to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock and identification was made Friday.

The cause of death has yet to be determined and the investigation is continuing.

Arkansas, Pages 17 on 11/18/2012

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