Vermont State Police announced Tuesday that a human skull found in Cavendish four years ago belongs to Bryan Gomez, who was reported missing in 2010. Investigators have not been able to determine the cause or manner of the 48-year-old man鈥檚 death.
Gomez鈥檚 skull was found by a hunter in the woods in Cavendish in November 2020.
DNA from the skull was compared to the genetic profile of Gomez's siblings, and there was "strong support for relatedness," state police said in a press release on Tuesday.
Gomez, who lived in Cavendish, was reported missing July 6, 2010, after his neighbor reported not seeing him for a few weeks. After the first report, Gomez鈥檚 case worker called for a welfare check because they hadn鈥檛 heard from him in about a month.
, Gomez had 鈥渟ome mental health limitations,鈥� and was known to hitchhike since he didn鈥檛 have a car.
The identification of Gomez鈥檚 skull is the second time in recent weeks that Vermont State Police have announced a development in a cold case. Earlier this month, the agency closed the 1982 case of an infant found dead in Northfield.
There are currently more than 80 unsolved homicides and missing persons cases in Vermont.
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