The GBI Monday identified human remains found in north Georgia as that of a Blairsville woman who went missing in August 2009.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said in an e-mail Monday that the positive identification was made using dental records. He gave no information on cause of death. The GBI called a news conference for later in the day.
Cornwell was on her cell phone with her boyfriend on Aug. 11, 2009 when he overheard a struggle after she told him she thought a car was following her.
Cornwell is the mother of a teenage son and formerly worked as a probation officer.
