It began with a foot washed up in Mud Bay in 1999.

Then, a year later, a torso was found on Grenadier Island. 

"There was a lot of speculation when the body parts were found. At one point they might of thought it was a female," Sergeant Kevin Amann of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

But the body parts belong to retired boxer Joseph Gibbons. 

Gibbons was reported missing in Greece, New York, in 1995. 

Police now believe his connection to one of the largest heists in U.S. history may have led to his death. 

In 1993, $7 million was robbed from the former Brinks Depot building in Rochester.

"It's quite shocking to think it could be linked to something outside the area as involved as the Brinks robbery," said Amann.

Police re-opened the cold case last year and the shorts found on the man's torso helped investigators link the body parts to Joseph Gibbons.

DNA obtained from family members sealed the deal. 

Now, police in Greece are trying to figure out how Gibbons was killed.

"We've developed a number of leads.  We've traveled outside the United States.  With your help and word getting out there, we feel we continue to move forward in a positive direction," said Sergeant Chris Bittner of the Greece Police Department.

Many questions remain, but the local sheriff's department, the case of the unidentified body parts is closed. 

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It's a new development in a case that eluded North Country law enforcement for years.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department has obtained the identity of two body parts found in the town of Cape Vincent a decade ago.

Deputies say a foot was found in June of 1999 in Mud Bay  and in September 2000, a torso was found on the shores of Grenadier Island.

Officials say the remains are of Joseph R. Gibbons, a man reported missing to police in Greece, NY in August 1995.

WROC television in Rochester is reporting Gibbons is allegedly connected with a major robbery at the former Brinks Depot building in Rochester in 1993.

More than  $7 million was stolen from the facility, making it one of the largest heists in U.S. history. 

Police followed $2 million of the money back to New York City, where arrests were made. The other $5 million dollars was never recovered and might have been why Gibbons returned to the Rochester area in 1995.