Remains found in Oakland Estuary identified through DNA match after nearly 17 years

Advanced forensic science helped to finally identify the remains of a man found in the Oakland Estuary nearly 17 years ago, authorities said.

Esteban Pablo Pablo, 20, had been last seen alive in Alameda County in 2007, a year before his remains were first found in the estuary, the county Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Wednesday last week.