skeletal remains

新潟県新発田市のやぶの中で発見された白骨遺体の身元がDNA照合により判明しました。

Skeletal remains of 22-year-old woman discovered in Niigata

Police in Shibata, Niigata prefecture, said Wednesday that skeletal remains discovered in a thicket on Monday have been identified as the remains of a 22-year-old woman who had been missing since last November.

According to police, the skeleton was found just before 5 p.m. on Monday by a 70-year-old man who had gone into the field to pick plants.

TV Asahi quoted police as saying that DNA tests on the skeleton revealed that it was Nozomi Tokunaga, a part-time employee who was reported missing last Nov 22 when she left her home to walk to the home of a friend living nearby.

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見出しのskeletalはskeletonの形容詞ですが，最近の健康ブームでskeletal age（骨年齢）で覚えていました。remainsがついた「白骨遺体，白骨化した遺体」というこちらの方の意味には出会いたくないですね。一刻も早く犯人が捕まることを祈ります。（Ume）