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Added to Namus on 5 January 2020 www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/64014
(No photos in Namus but the media photos I will include below show what appears to be modern dental work)
Sex - Male
Race / Ethnicity - White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group - Adult
Date Body Found - October 4, 2011
Location - Whitewater, Colorado 81527
County - Mesa County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)Latitude 38.71991 x Longitude 108.640893,
Circumstances of Recovery - University instructor and students found the skull while doing field work in Rural Mesa County near the area of Umcompaghre Plateau, 1.5 to 2 miles south of Big Creek Road and Divide Road.
www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/CMU_students_find_human_skull_in_Uncompahgre_Wilderness_134424748.html
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KKCO) - A group of CMU students made an interesting find while in the Uncompahgre Wilderness.
According to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office, the students found the skull on October 4. Additional human bones were discovered October 25 in the same area.
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office is working with the Mesa County Coroner to determine cause, manner of death, and identity.
The bones have been sent to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation for further analysis. The CBI will enter the information into a national database to try to find a match to open cases.
Mesa County investigators say the bones are not related to any missing person cases in the county.
(No photos in Namus but the media photos I will include below show what appears to be modern dental work)
Sex - Male
Race / Ethnicity - White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group - Adult
Date Body Found - October 4, 2011
Location - Whitewater, Colorado 81527
County - Mesa County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)Latitude 38.71991 x Longitude 108.640893,
Details of Recovery
Condition of Remains - Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Condition of Remains - Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Circumstances of Recovery - University instructor and students found the skull while doing field work in Rural Mesa County near the area of Umcompaghre Plateau, 1.5 to 2 miles south of Big Creek Road and Divide Road.
www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/CMU_students_find_human_skull_in_Uncompahgre_Wilderness_134424748.html
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KKCO) - A group of CMU students made an interesting find while in the Uncompahgre Wilderness.
According to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office, the students found the skull on October 4. Additional human bones were discovered October 25 in the same area.
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office is working with the Mesa County Coroner to determine cause, manner of death, and identity.
The bones have been sent to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation for further analysis. The CBI will enter the information into a national database to try to find a match to open cases.
Mesa County investigators say the bones are not related to any missing person cases in the county.
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