Remains of Dean's brother possibly found in Laos

Remains of Dean's brother possibly found in Laos

(EXCERPT) Presidential hopeful's younger sibling missing since 1974

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon said Tuesday that human remains have
been found in Southeast Asia in a case involving the long-missing
brother of Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean.

The remains were recovered last week during an excavation in the
Bolikhamxai Province of central Laos. They have not been identified.

The candidate's younger brother, Charles Dean, and Australian Neil
Sharman were killed in Laos in September 1974, according to a
statement from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.

The two were civilians and not associated with Vietnam War-era combat
operations going on in the region at the time, the statement said. The
remains were to be identified at a lab in Hawaii.

"The pe...

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