Woman missing since 2022 identified months after bones were found, Oklahoma cops say
Months after human bones were found on the side of an Oklahoma highway, officials say they belonged to a 27-year-old woman who’s been missing since 2022.
Christianna Laniel was homeless when she was last seen in Checotah in September 2022, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
Her bones were found along a highway in Shawnee back in December, but it took months to identify her, police said.
By March, police released an artist rendering in hopes that community members could help identify the remains.
Five months after the bones were found, and nearly two years after Laniel went missing, the medical examiner’s office made the official identification, Shawnee police said on May 20.
This story was originally published May 20, 2024 at 11:21 AM with the headline "Woman missing since 2022 identified months after bones were found, Oklahoma cops say."
