Michigan authorities have identified a homicide victim whose remains were found in a wooded area in Monroe County in 1986.

Officials have identified a homicide victim whose remains were found in a wooded area in Monroe County in 1986. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday the victim was identified as Shaun Daniel Brauner of Detroit.

The cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma to the head in a homicide, but the investigation was never able to ID the remains after exhausting all leads, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said.