Michigan authorities have identified a homicide victim whose remains were found in a wooded area in Monroe County in 1986.

Authorities said they have identified a homicide victim whose remains were discovered in Monroe County nearly 40 years ago. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said in a press release Thursday they had identified the remains of Shaun Daniel Brauner,

IDA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The remains of a man that were discovered in a wooded area in Ida Township in 1986 have been identified. His body was discovered on October 17, 1986, and officials estimate that he had been dead for around three months.