(six years later)
Mr. Ruess's family said last week that because of questions raised by Utah's state archaeologist, they would seek independent retesting of remains found last year on the Navajo Indian Reservation in southern Utah. Scientists at the University of Colorado -- in a joint announcement in April with National Geographic Adventure magazine, which wrote about the discovery -- said the remains, based on forensic analysis and DNA testing, were almost certainly those of Mr. Ruess. But Utah's state archaeologist, Kevin Jones, said he thought the remains were more likely those of an American Indian because of the distinctive shape of the teeth and their pattern of wear, and because Mr. Ruess's dental records from the 1930s did not appear to match. Dr. Jones emphasized that he had not been able to examine the remains physically and that his critique, written with a physical anthropologist also at the Utah Division of State History, was based on published photographs.
IOW, full of **** -- the DNA is a match with members of Ruess' family, and Ruess was murdered by Utes, which probably accounts for the lame-assed claim by this clown. I'd really love to see dental records from the 1930s regarding Ruess.