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KENT COUNTY, MI – Skeletal remains found in a wooded area in Alpine Township are being examined by Michigan State University’s Anthropology Department.
The remains were found Sunday, March 24, by a hunter looking for deer antlers near Kenowa Avenue and Six Mile Road.
Sheriff’s detectives recovered the remains then returned to the scene on Tuesday, March 26, to look for further clues.
“Obviously, the burning question is, ‘Who could this be?’” Kent County sheriff’s Sgt. Joel Roon said, at the scene.
Read more: ‘Who could this be?’ MSU anthropologists examine skeletal remains found in Kent County
"This isn't like a grave or a burial or that they had been there so long they had settled into the ground," sheriff's office Sgt. Joel Roon said.
His department spent more than two days removing them and searching for other evidence. They were back in the area Tuesday afternoon, with teams searching through fields and wooded areas.
Authorities can't say yet whether the remains are that of a man or woman, how old the person was, what caused the death or how long the remains have lain in the woods.
"There is sort of an operating theory that the remains have been there for a period of time. The window of time is rather wide," Roon said. "I can say with relative certainty that several seasons have likely gone by."
He added that searchers did not find any clothing, which he said could be significant.
Read more: Partial remains found northwest of Grand Rapids
The remains were found Sunday, March 24, by a hunter looking for deer antlers near Kenowa Avenue and Six Mile Road.
Sheriff’s detectives recovered the remains then returned to the scene on Tuesday, March 26, to look for further clues.
“Obviously, the burning question is, ‘Who could this be?’” Kent County sheriff’s Sgt. Joel Roon said, at the scene.
Read more: ‘Who could this be?’ MSU anthropologists examine skeletal remains found in Kent County
"This isn't like a grave or a burial or that they had been there so long they had settled into the ground," sheriff's office Sgt. Joel Roon said.
His department spent more than two days removing them and searching for other evidence. They were back in the area Tuesday afternoon, with teams searching through fields and wooded areas.
Authorities can't say yet whether the remains are that of a man or woman, how old the person was, what caused the death or how long the remains have lain in the woods.
"There is sort of an operating theory that the remains have been there for a period of time. The window of time is rather wide," Roon said. "I can say with relative certainty that several seasons have likely gone by."
He added that searchers did not find any clothing, which he said could be significant.
Read more: Partial remains found northwest of Grand Rapids