"Pinnacle Man" Mystery Solved After 50 Years
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A cold case that baffled authorities and intrigued locals for nearly half a century has finally come to a close
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The mystery surrounding the frozen body found in Pennsylvania cave in 1977 is over
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The remains have been identified as those of Nicholas Paul Grubb, a 27-year-old man from Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
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The man, unable to be identified, became a mystery known simply as the "Pinnacle Man"
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In 2019, authorities decided to revisit the cold case, with the hope that advancements in forensic science might finally provide answers
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Forensic experts performed an examination and took DNA samples, but did not match any known cases
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In August this year, Pennsylvania police detective, Ian Keck, stumbled upon a crucial piece of evidence that had been missing for decades - the lost fingerprint card from Grubb's 1977 autopsy
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Ian Keck immediately submitted the card to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
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Within just an hour, an FBI fingerprint expert confirmed a match - the fingerprints belonged to Nicholas Paul Grubb
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