The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday that human remains found in 1973 have been positively identified. DNA testing confirmed that the remains were those of Jimmy Allen Dollison, who had been living in Kansas City, Kansas.
Dollison disappeared sometime in October or November of 1972, when he was 16-years-old. According to family members, he was reported missing by his parents, but the family never learned what happened to him.
On April 18, 1973, the decomposing remains of an unidentified man were found three miles southeast of Garnett, Kansas, off 1550 Road. He was found wearing a brown corduroy jacket, a green long-sleeved buttoned shirt, jeans, a black leather belt with a large belt buckle, brown hiking boots, and a navy blue stocking cap. He was also wearing two gold rings with crosses, a ring with the number “78” and a silver chain with a large cross.
During the autopsy in 1973, the coroner ruled the man’s death to be a homicide due to signs of trauma. It was determined the man was around 20-years-old and believed to have brown hair and a slender build. Over the years, many attempts were made to identify the remains and learn what happened to the man.
DNA was extracted from the remains in 2024 and earlier this year, the KBI was informed that the testing had identified relatives of the man. KBI agents and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office located the man’s siblings, conducted interviews and collected DNA from a sibling for comparison.
The KBI and Anderson County officials are continuing their investigation, and anyone who has information about the disappearance or murder of Jimmy Dollison is asked to call the KBI at 1-800-KS-CRIME, or report tips online at https://www.kbi.ks.gov/sar
