DAVENPORT, IOWA (AP) -- Authorities say human remains found in the back yard of a vacant, rural Scott County mobile home have been identified as those of 51-year-old David Lee Spriet Jr.
The remains were discovered Friday in the yard near the Scott County Landfill.
The Scott County Medical Examiner's Office said Monday it used dental records to identify the recovered human remains as those of Spriet.
The cause of the death is still unknown, and an autopsy is being scheduled for this week.
Spriet was last seen in February 2009, but his daughter didn't report him missing until June.
Scott County Sheriff Dennis Conrad says investigators returned to the mobile home Friday because they were given information on where to look.
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