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A body found in Sacramento County earlier this year was confirmed this week to be that of a Stockton man who went missing in 1994, Stockton police said.
Arnel Nagal Narvaiz was 36 years old at the time when he was last seen on July 1, 1994.
Police said he was leaving for work on a ranch in the Twin Cities Road area of Sacramento County, but neither he nor his vehicle were located.
In April of this year, the Stockton Police Department said a vehicle with remains inside had been found and they believed it could possibly be Narvaiz.
However, DNA test was needed to positively identify the remains.
A spokesperson for the Stockton Police Department said Thursday that an autopsy was able to confirm that the body was that of Narvaiz.
Adventures With Purpose, a professional group of scuba divers who search for missing people and their vehicles in water, posted a live video on YouTube in April after they discovered the vehicle.
In the video, the group said they were searching for an Elk Grove man when they found a beige 1988 Toyota Cressida matching the license plate number of Narvaiz's vehicle in a slough 31 feet underwater.
According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, Narvaiz was driving a vehicle with the same license plate and description of the car found by divers.
The Stockton Police Department said detectives notified the Narvaiz family of the discovery of the body.
Police said that the initial investigation has not uncovered any signs of foul play.
More information about how Narvaiz ended up submerged in the water inside his vehicle was not released.
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