Bodies of missing Iowa cousins identified

An autopsy confirms that the bodies found by hunters on Dec. 5, 2012 are the two young Iowa cousins who disappeared while riding their bikes in the summer. Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and her 8-year-old cousin Elizabeth Collins vanished on July 13, 2012 near an Iowa lake. Authorities said the bodies are being sent to the state medical examiner's office to verify they are the missing cousins.

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Collins is seen in this undated personal photo.

Lyric Cook-Morrissey is seen in this undated personal photo.

Elizabeth Collins is seen in this undated personal photo.

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Volunteers, from left, Justin Ledesma, Chris Kemmer, both from the Dunkerton Fire and Rescue, Liz Chihak, Brittni Gipper and Erin Nunnally, move food from the Kwik Trip semi-trailer to a storage trailer at the Community Resource Center, in Evansdale, Iowa, to serve as an aid in the continuing search for eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins and her ten-year-old cousin, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, on July 15, 2012.

Marcus Norman, of the Evansdale, Iowa, Fire Department, top, calls off names of volunteer search group members before sending them out to continue to search for eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins and her ten-year-old cousin, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, on July 15, 2012.

Volunteers continue to search in rural Gilbertville, Iowa, for eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins and her ten-year-old cousin, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, on July 15, 2012.

Volunteer Earl Conerd, 77, helps to search in rural Gilbertville, Iowa, for eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins and her ten-year-old cousin, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, on July 15, 2012.

Volunteers check Meyer Lake in rural Gilbertville, Iowa, during a search for eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins and her ten-year-old cousin, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, on July 15, 2012.

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Police officers check a lower-level door of a business in Evansdale on July 16, 2012, in the continuing search for Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, Elizabeth Collins, 8.

Sarah Staebell ties pink ribbons for Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, on light poles along Lafayette Street in Evansdale on July 16, 2012.

An off-duty Cedar Rapids police officer searches the underbrush for clues to the disappearance of Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins along the bike trail around Meyers Lake in Evansdale on July 16, 2012.

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Officials gather outside the Evansdale Fire Department to get instructions before searching for Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook-Morrissey on July 14, 2012, in Evansdale, Iowa.

Deputy Joe Stafford, left, of the Black Hawk County Sheriff department checks over a car at a checkpoint near the command center as authorities continue to search July 16, 2012 for ten-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins.

Police tape lines the area towards the back of Meyers Lake while the lake is drained as authorities continue to search Monday, July 16, 2012, for ten-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins.

Deputy Joe Stafford of the Black Hawk County Sheriff department checks over a car at a checkpoint near the command center as authorities continue to search for ten-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins.

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Terri Wainwright passes out missing persons posters along Main Street in Dubuque, Iowa, on July 16, 2012, for her great nieces Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins.

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Police tape lines the area towards the back of Meyers Lake while the lake is drained as authorities continue to search on July 16, 2012, for ten-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins.

Police tape lines the area towards the back of Meyers Lake while the lake is drained as authorities continue to search, on July 16, 2012, for ten-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins.

A worker with Evansdale Water Works supervises the flow of water into the Cedar River as Meyers Lake is drained while authorities continue to search for ten-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins.

Terri Wainwright hangs a missing persons poster in the window of a Dubuque restaurant on July 16, 2012, for her great nieces Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins.

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A poster with photos of ten-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins, who disappeared in Evansdale on Friday, July 13, 2012, adorn a utility pole across from the entrance to Meyers Lake in Evansdale, Iowa.

Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook-Morrissey are seen in this missing persons poster posted on a Facebook page.