I did this so the little boy couldn’t be forgotten," Orange County Sheriff's Maj. Tim Horne, who worked the case from the beginning, said in a statement. They soon found out Whitt's mom -- who had disappeared the same year as her son -- was also dead. After contacting officials there, the DNA of the victims were compared and soon proved to be mother and son. “This case is an example of dogged determination of investigators who refused to give up," Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said. Officials said that it does not appear that either killing took place in Spartanburg County or Orange County, so the man's identification is being withheld until authorities can determine where the mother and son were killed and a prosecutorial decision can be made.

Source: Fox News February 06, 2019 13:30 UTC