Human Skull Found in 1993 Identified as Missing California Teacher Kay Josephine Medin

In a significant breakthrough in a decades-old cold case, authorities have identified a human skull found on a Northern California beach in 1993 as belonging to Kay Josephine Medin, a schoolteacher who disappeared in 1987. This development offers a measure of closure in a case that has remained unsolved for over three decades.

Medin, also known as Kay Adams, vanished from her home in Hyampom, Trinity County, in August 1987. Her husband, Nickolas Medin, reported her missing upon returning from a business trip, noting that her personal belongings, including. . .