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Remains of Fox executive Gavin Smith found

Rocky Ramos, 60, walks with his wife, Isabel, and granddaughter Sophia Salazar, 9, and their dog Buddy at the Palmdale site of the shallow grave where Buddy sniffed out a human skull that turned out to belong to missing Fox executive Gavin Smith.

Rocky Ramos, 60, walks with his wife, Isabel, and granddaughter Sophia Salazar, 9, and their dog Buddy at the Palmdale site of the shallow grave where Buddy sniffed out a human skull that turned out to belong to missing Fox executive Gavin Smith.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Human remains found in the desert outside Palmdale were identified as missing Fox executive Gavin Smith, who was reported missing May 2, 2012.

Rocky and Buddy

Rocky Ramos, 60, with his dog Buddy looks at the Palmdale site where Buddy sniffed out a human skull that belonged to missing studio executive Gavin Smith.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lt. Dave Dolson

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Dave Dolson, right, speaks at a news conference at the Sheriff’s Department headquarters in Monterey Park regarding the remains of Fox executive Gavin Smith.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Missing person posters

Posters of Gavin Smith are on display during the Sheriff’s Department news conference.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Rocky Ramos

Rocky Ramos, 60, talks in his Palmdale home about finding a human skull and sending a photo of it to the Sheriff’s Department.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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