Skeletal remains found in the chimney of an Abbeville, Louisiana, bank two months ago have been identified as those of Joseph W. Schexnider, who vanished at age 22 in January 1984. He would be 49 now.

His disappearance was noted after he failed to show up for a court hearing on a charge of possession of a stolen vehicle. When Vermilion Parish sheriff’s deputies showed up at his home to take him in to custody, Schexnider’s mother said he had fled to avoid arrest.

Schexnider had gloves and a cigarette lighter on him, but no bag or anything to indicate he planned to carry loot from the bank. And Hardy told the TV station there was nothing to indicate that Schexnider was killed and his body dumped in the chimney.  Authorities say he likely died of dehydration and starvation.

And how could Schexnider have been missing for nearly three decades in the main branch of a bank which sits right on the main square in the town of 25,000 people?

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/27/why-was-skeleton-in-chimney-of-louisiana-bank/