Human skull discovered near Grizzly Peak in Tilden Park
Oakland: Human skull found in hills; authorities trying to determine origin – The Mercury News
Human skull found in Oakland hills
Human Skull On A Paper Plate Found On Grizzly Peak In Oakland
Oakland police find human skull near Tilden Regional Park | The Daily Californian
OAKLAND — Forensic anthropologists are aiding the Alameda County coroner's office to investigate a human skull found Wednesday atop a log in a turnout along Grizzly Peak Boulevard near Tilden Regional Park, authorities said Thursday.
Authorities said the skull, found on a paper plate with strands of colorful beads, appears to be of an older man.
The skull was found about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday on Grizzly Peak, less than a half-mile west of the South Park Drive entrance to Tilden Regional Park, after an anonymous tip to Oakland police. The coroner's office is trying to determine the age of the skull and whether placing it on the log was a prank.
Police scoured the area, sending officers down a steep, heavily wooded hill below the turnout but could find no other bones.
Authorities are hoping they have the same success in determining the origin of the skull as they did with one found May 8 at a West Oakland recycling center.
The mummified skull had been used by a doctor in Santa Rosa at a medical training school, said Alameda County sheriff's Lt. Riddic Bowers, unit commander of the coroner's office.
Bowers said the skull was a man who willed his body to science after his death. The doctor used it since 1986 as a teaching tool.
After the doctor died, his wife made attempts to contact health agencies in her area to dispose of it but was unsuccessful. She put it in a biohazard bag and placed it in a receptacle that was taken to a local recycling company and eventually to Oakland, authorities said.
Oakland: Human skull found in hills; authorities trying to determine origin – The Mercury News
Human skull found in Oakland hills
Human Skull On A Paper Plate Found On Grizzly Peak In Oakland
Oakland police find human skull near Tilden Regional Park | The Daily Californian
OAKLAND — Forensic anthropologists are aiding the Alameda County coroner's office to investigate a human skull found Wednesday atop a log in a turnout along Grizzly Peak Boulevard near Tilden Regional Park, authorities said Thursday.
Authorities said the skull, found on a paper plate with strands of colorful beads, appears to be of an older man.
The skull was found about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday on Grizzly Peak, less than a half-mile west of the South Park Drive entrance to Tilden Regional Park, after an anonymous tip to Oakland police. The coroner's office is trying to determine the age of the skull and whether placing it on the log was a prank.
Police scoured the area, sending officers down a steep, heavily wooded hill below the turnout but could find no other bones.
Authorities are hoping they have the same success in determining the origin of the skull as they did with one found May 8 at a West Oakland recycling center.
The mummified skull had been used by a doctor in Santa Rosa at a medical training school, said Alameda County sheriff's Lt. Riddic Bowers, unit commander of the coroner's office.
Bowers said the skull was a man who willed his body to science after his death. The doctor used it since 1986 as a teaching tool.
After the doctor died, his wife made attempts to contact health agencies in her area to dispose of it but was unsuccessful. She put it in a biohazard bag and placed it in a receptacle that was taken to a local recycling company and eventually to Oakland, authorities said.
