FBI Identifies Remains of US Contractors

After 16 months of hoping and praying, family members of two U.S. contractors kidnapped in Iraq received the news they feared: their loved ones were not coming home alive.

Officials have identified the remains of Paul Johnson-Reuben of Minneapolis and Joshua Munns of Redding, Calif., said FBI spokesman Richard Kolko on Thursday. Authorities were awaiting forensic testing on remains of a third body.

The FBI said the men's remains have been returned to the U.S. Johnson-Reuben's family learned of his death late Wednesday.

Kathy Reuben, Johnson-Reuben's first wife, said the last few days have been difficult for the family, which has felt grief one day …