PUNTA GORDA — Authorities confirmed Monday that skeletal remains found in a car submerged in a Punta Gorda canal earlier this month were those of a 64-year-old woman who disappeared nearly 20 years ago.

A dental comparison conducted by the Charlotte County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the identity of Frances Hendrickson, who was last seen driving her light-blue Buick station wagon on June 30, 1993, according to the Punta Gorda Police Department.