22-05-2025
Missing Wrestler's Remains Found, Identified Due To DNA Testing
Remains of missing wrestler Keeble Wofford Sr. identified through DNA testing after over 20 years.
Authorities have identified human remains found in 2001 as Keeble Wofford Sr., a former professional wrestler and actor who vanished in 1992. Texas-based forensic DNA company Othram confirmed the identification using DNA testing technology.
Keeble Wofford's remains were found by Hikers in 2001 in the Santa Fe National Forest and reported them to authorities, who listed the case as 'Sandoval County John Doe.' In 2021, DNA testing by Othram matched the remains to a sample from Wofford's daughter, confirming his identity. The lab used its specialized 'forensic-grade genome sequencing' to create a detailed DNA profile.
The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator has issued a death certificate for Wofford. His cremated remains will be returned to his daughter. The Othram's Chief Development Officer, Kristen Mittelman said people should know that no matter how old a case is or how hopeless it once seemed, today's technology can still bring answers.
Mittelman said, 'People should know that it doesn't matter how old a case is, or whether it was hopeless in the past, there is technology here today that is able to bring answers to families like in this case. This was a well-known man who just disappeared more than 20 years ago and now he has his name again.'
Investigators believe he vanished while traveling from Pueblo, Colorado to Albuquerque for a business meeting in September 1992. Keeble Wofford Sr. wrestled in the 1950s as Kimo Mahi. El Paso Herald-Post once called Mahi a 'brave Hawaiian wrestler' in their column. He also acted in films and TV shows, including Twilight for the Gods, Hawaiian Eye and Sea Hunt.
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