WARM SPRINGS, OR -- Human remains found last year near Warm Springs have been positively identified by the State Medical Examiners Office as the body of a missing 18-year-old.

In December of 2022, LeBron Boise walked away from his Warm Springs Home. Despite several days of searching, investigators had no leads on his location.

More than a year later, in December of 2023, a group of people checking trap lines on the Jackson Trail discovered human remains near a cliff face. The State Medical Examiner's Office worked with the Bone Technology Lab to identify Boise through DNA.

The Warm Springs Police Department issued a statement Friday, saying, "Although this is not the outcome we were all hoping for, we are thankful that Mr. Boises’s family is now able to lay their loved one to rest. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family as they navigate this difficult loss."