Partial human remains found nearly 4 decades ago in a garbage bag behind an Ohio business have been identified by police as Frank Little Jr., a former songwriter and guitarist for the O'Jays.
The bag was found on Feb. 18, 1982, behind a now-shuttered business in Twinsburg, about 25 miles southeast of Cleveland.
After relatives said the remains could be Little's, a close relative provided a DNA sample and Little's identity was confirmed by the Summit County medical examiner, authorities said.The department did not provide additional details about the manner of death, and did not identify a cause of death. Little, who was born in Cleveland in 1943, had two children and served in the U.S. Army, deploying to Vietnam, the Twinsburg Police Department said. According to the news release, in the mid-1960s he played with the O'Jays, then a fledgling R&B group that had formed in Canton, south of Cleveland.
The band would go on to release dozens of top-20 singles and albums. In 2005, the O'Jays were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Little's last known address was in Cleveland, and he was last seen in the 1970s, the Twinsburg police said. Few details were known about the circumstances of his disappearance or death, the department said.
Little's daughter died in 2012, the release said. The department hadn't yet been able to contact his son.
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