The human remains found earlier this week have been identified as Jennifer Hammond of Colorado. Erin Connolly joined us with the latest.

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. -- The remains found in a heavily wooded area in Saratoga County earlier this week have been identified as a teenager from Colorado who disappeared from Ballston Spa in 2003.

During a news conference at the Saratoga County District Attorney's Office on Thursday, authorities said the skull was linked through dental records to Jennifer Hammond, who was last seen at the Creek and Pines Trailer Park in August 2003 when she was 18 years old.

Troop G Commander Mayor Bill Sprague said, "We discovered that there was dental work on three of the teeth that had been recovered. That dental work was analyzed and compared with open cases, and we have come up with a positive identification that the victim is Jennifer Hammond. We have a high degree of confidence in this identification that will be confirmed by the subsequent DNA test, which will take some time. Probably a month to six weeks."

Police said Hammond worked for a magazine company that traveled state to state, which is why she was in the area.

A hunter discovered a partial skull in a heavily wooded area in Greenfield on Monday, Oct. 26. Authorities found more bone fragments the following day.

A joint homicide investigation is underway.