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March 31st, 2008
Posted: 04:23 PM ET
(CNN) — Coalition forces found the remains of a U.S. soldier missing in Iraq for nearly four years after a local Iraqi tipped them off, military officials said Monday. The location, which was not disclosed, was searched March 20, according to a statement from Multi-National Corps. Officials positively identified Staff Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin through DNA testing on Monday — the same day they notified the soldier’s family. A U.S. Army official told CNN that fragments of a U.S. military uniform found with the remains raised immediate suspicions that the remains were those of Maupin, who was a 20-year-old private first class in the Army Reserves at the time of his capture. He was captured wearing an Army field uniform that has not been used by the military in more recent years. |
 
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