![A story in the Dec. 2, 1982, edition of the Priest River Times details the discovery of a partial human skull in southern Pend Oreille County, Wash. DNA technology was used to identify the skull as that of Mildred (Allison) Hubertz — a discovery that was announced Friday.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/03/31/PRT_Skull_Discovered_1982_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
A story in the Dec. 2, 1982, edition of the Priest River Times details the discovery of a partial human skull in southern Pend Oreille County, Wash. DNA technology was used to identify the skull as that of Mildred (Allison) Hubertz — a discovery that was announced Friday.
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April 2, 2023 1:09 a.m.
DNA technology solves 41-year-old mystery
Montana woman identified
Mildred Hubertz was 59 when she went missing in 1968 from St. Ignatius, Mont., a small town 40 miles from Missoula. In November 1982, hunters near Newport, Wash. — just across the North Idaho border and an almost four-hour drive from St. Ignatius — found a partial human skull in a remote wooded area north of the small Pend Oreille County community.