The La Plata County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday it has identified the remains of the body of Dylan Redwine, a 13-year-old boy who went missing in November north of Vallecito Reservoir.
The sheriff's office received the report today from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, which performed forensic testing.
Area law-enforcement officials spent five days in the last week searching a 12-mile stretch of Middle Mountain Road looking for clues into the disappearance of Dylan.
They collected a variety of items, including bones, according to a news release issued Thursday by the sheriff's office.
Redwine was reported missing Nov. 19, 2012, by his mother, Elaine Redwine, who lives in the Colorado Springs area. He was staying with his father, Mark Redwine, in Vallecito during a court-ordered visitation during the Thanksgiving Day holiday.
The case has drawn national attention, including an appearance on the "Dr. Phil" show. During the show, Elaine Redwine and Mark Redwine engaged in heated confrontation with both accusing the other of responsibility for their son's disappearance.
The two-part episode ended with Mark Redwine refusing to take a polygraph test.
Since November, investigators have searched Vallecito Reservoir at its 12-mile shoreline at least 15 times with search dogs, divers, boats equipped with sonar, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
They have amassed hundreds of tips from across the country and around the world, including from psychics and someone in Australia who reported seeing Dylan in a restaurant.
Redwine arrived Nov. 18 in Durango as part of a court-ordered visit to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with his father. A surveillance camera captured his image at 5:46 p.m. at the Durango-La Plata County Airport. Another surveillance camera captured his image at 7:05 p.m. at the Walmart in Durango.
At 7:22 p.m. he and his father went to McDonald's in Durango.
At 9:37 p.m., Dylan sent his last text message to a friend, saying he planned to meet up with him early the next morning.
He has not been heard from since.
Mark Redwine said he saw Dylan early Nov. 19 at his house north of the reservoir. The father said he ran errands in Durango, and when he returned four hours later, the boy was gone.
shane@durangoherald.com
