Remains in Colorado car identified as man missing since 1987

Published May 14, 2013

Associated Press

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. –  Authorities in western Colorado say a human skeleton found in a partially buried car belongs to a man who was reported missing 26 years ago.

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports the Mesa County Coroner's Office identified the man on Monday as 65-year-old Ronald Vasey. He went missing in 1987.

The sheriff's department says someone hiking near John Brown Canyon Road, near Gateway, called 911 at about 6 p.m. Thursday to report a crashed vehicle below a cliff. The old station wagon was roughly 100 feet off the roadway, and it was partially obscured by rocks and sediment that presumably washed down over the years.

Deputies found personal items in the car, including clothing and credit cards.

The coroner's office says it appears Vasey committed suicide.

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Weapon used to quell Gitmo disturbance identified

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –  A Pentagon spokesman has identified the type of weapon used to quell a disturbance early this year involving prisoners at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Army Lt. Col. Joseph Todd Breasseale said Thursday that a prison guard fired what is known as a "crowd-dispersal round" during the incident. The "M-103 non-lethal round" is fired from a modified shotgun and contains 18 rubber pellets, each about the size of a blueberry.

A prisoner was struck when a guard opened fire Jan. 2 after one inmate tried to climb a fence and others threw rocks at a guard tower. It was not known if the prisoner was hit directly or by ricochet. The military says there were no major injuries.

A prison spokesman earlier declined to identify the weapon.

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