A DNA sample from the man's family was used to make a positive match.
MERIDEN, Conn. — The family of a Springfield man who went missing four years ago finally have closure after an announcement Friday by the Connecticut State Police.
In 2008, Phat Quy Mai, then 50, was struck on Route I-91 in Meriden, Conn. while lying motionless on the roadway, according to the Associated Press, although the event remains somewhat of a mystery.
Police couldn't immediately identify Mai’s body. The Hartford Courant reports that police were able to link the hit-and-run with a missing persons report from Springfield, and sent the information to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
In April, Mai's family reached out to police through the system, and provided authorities with a DNA sample that was used to make a positive match.