The Victorian coroner yesterday said they are the remains of Russell Hill and Carol Clay. Human remains were found in the state’s remote High Country in November last year after the pair – who were both in their 70s – went missing in the Wonnangatta Valley in March last year. They had travelled from Melbourne, and Hill did not tell his wife he was going away with Clay. In November, Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn was charged with 2 counts of murder, and he has remained in custody until he faces court in May. Police said the investigation had used “unique investigative techniques”, and the positive identification of the remains will help the grieving families. “I was pretty confident that it was them … but it’s good to find out finally it’s been positively identified,” the dead man’s friend Rob Ashlin said.