O'Jays guitarist Frank Little Jr.'s remains identified nearly 40 years later

The remains of a homicide victim found in an Ohio suburb nearly 40 years ago were recently identified as long-missing guitarist Frank "Frankie" Little Jr. of The O'Jays through an advanced DNA database. 

A close relative provided a DNA sample, which was analyzed by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Crime Lab, police said in their press release. His identity was then confirmed by Dr. Lisa Kohler of the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office.

The partial human remains were recovered on Feb. 18, 1982, in a garbage bag behind a now-closed business on Cannon Road in Twinsburg, Ohio. Investigators at the time knew the remains were that of an African-American male between the ages of 20 and 30, approximately 5 feet, 6 inches tall. And he may have had adolescent kyphosis, a curvature of the spine.