Medical Examiner's Officer Confirms Identities of Bodies

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OKLAHOMA CITY – The State Medical Examiner's office has confirmed that the two bodies found in rural Norman on Monday are of Lester Hobbs and 7-year-old Aja Johnson.

The cause of death is still under investigation.  

Investigators used finger prints to identify Hobbs and dental records to confirm Aja's identity.

The bodies were found in a wooded area in rural Norman on Monday afternoon.

Authorities had been searching for Hobbs and Aja since January after Aja's mother was found dead in a travel trailer in Geronimo.

Hobbs was charged with Aja's kidnapping and in the murder of Aja's mother, Tonya Hobbs.

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