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Found remains not that of Sara Anne Wood

By JOLEEN FERRIS

Story Created: Oct 29, 2009 at 4:03 PM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 29, 2009 at 5:12 PM EDT

SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y. (WKTV) - Officials with the Saratoga County District Attorney's Office now say that human remains that a hunter discovered in a remote wooded area in rural Saratoga County over the weekend are not those of Sara Anne Wood, who went missing from Herkimer County in August of 1993.

On Wednesday, officials in Saratoga County said it'd take weeks to extract DNA from the roots of the teeth from a partial skull that was found because the teeth themselves were too degraded for comparison to dental records.

On Thursday, officials in the Saratoga County D.A.'s office say they found additional teeth, which were in better condition, and that they were able to use dental records to exclude Sara Anne Wood as the person whose remains were discovered.

At a press conference in Saratoga County Thursday afternoon, officials said the remains belong to a woman named Jennifer Hammond, 18, of Littleton, Colorado. Hammond went missing from Ballston Spa in 2003.