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Kyle Clinkscales Cause Of Death Revealed: All Information About The University Student Since 1976

Forty-seven years after he went missing while on the way back to school at Auburn University, Kyle Clinkscales has now officially been found.
On December 8, 2021, a 1974 Pinto Runabout belonging to the LaGrange, Georgia, native was found in a creek in Cusetta, Alabama. Inside the car were human remains, mostly consisting of pieces of bone and some tissue. Where is Kyle Clinkscales found now? Has the cause been revealed yet?

#1. The mysterious missing case of Kyle Clinkscales

Kyle Clinkscales cause of deathSource: ABC News

Kyle went missing on 27 January 1976 after leaving the Moose Club in his hometown of LaGrange, Georgia, where he worked. In the evening, he made the journey back to his college at Auburn University in Alabama but never arrived.
His parents first realized something was wrong when Kyle did not call them that Sunday. The missing person case had continued to puzzle investigators for decades. In February 1976, his parents offered a $1,000 reward for information that would help find their son. By March, the family started to suspect foul play. Three years on, the reward increased to $25,000 and the story made national headlines.

Kyle Clinkscales cause of deathSource: Daily Mail

Clinkscales went missing on the night of Jan. 27, 1976, after leaving a bar, authorities said. He was on his way from Troup County to Auburn. His disappearance was a mystery for decades until December 8, 2021, when his car was found. His 1974 Ford Pinto was spotted submerged in an Alabama creek. His wallet and ID were in the car and the vehicle was processed by investigators. According to the Troup County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI conducted the DNA on the remains found in the car at the request of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).

#2. Where is Kyle Clinkscales found?

Kyle Clinkscales cause of deathSource: CBS News

Police in Troup County, Georgia, have identified the remains of Kyle Clinkscales, who went missing aged 22 in January 1976. Forty-five years after his disappearance, skeletal remains were recovered from the Auburn University student's sunken 1974 Ford Pinto, found in a creek in Chambers County, Alabama, in December 2021. The Troup County Coroner's Office announced a match on Sunday, partly solving the mystery of Kyle's disappearance.
After draining lakes and questioning suspects for decades without results, Troup County Sheriff James Woodruff said he wished the recovery of the car had been made when Kyle's parents were still alive. When the student's car was found in 2021, along with his wallet and bones, authorities said they were "glad" to finally have some answers.
"We're glad today," Troup County Sheriff James Woodruff said at the time, according to WXIA-TV. "For 45 years we've looked for this young man and looked for this car. We've drained lakes. We've looked here and looked there. It always turned out with nothing."

#2. Kyle Clinkscales Cause Of Death 

Kyle Clinkscales cause of deathSource: CBS News

With police making no progress, the mystery only grew more strange and complicated, with a psychic telling the parents that Kyle had been kidnapped, his car repainted and the body buried in Texas.
It is still unclear whether Kyle's death on his journey from LaGrange, Georgia, to Auburn, Alabama, was accidental or involved foul play. The outlet reported that in 2006, a man claimed that Clinkscales was fatally shot, but prosecutors later said the man had changed his story too many times to be a credible witness.
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