Body found near highway identified as missing Marine recruit
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Remains found near a Massachusetts highway have been identified as those of a Marine recruit whose disappearance has been under investigation by police.
The Norfolk district attorney's office said Thursday the body found a day earlier is that of 21-year-old Joseph Brancato. The office says an autopsy performed Thursday hasn't established the cause of his death.
A person who stopped to help a motorist in distress on the southbound portion of Interstate 95 on Wednesday spotted the remains in the woods off the highway.
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Brancato was from the North Shore but was living in Roslindale at the time of his disappearance. He was last seen in November.