SC SC - Bones found by a hiker, source tracked to a wooded area, been there for at least 2 years, Anderson, off of Hwy 28, 22 Jun 2024

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ANDERSON, S.C. The Anderson County Coroner's Office is working to find some human remains' identity after bones were found in a Goodwill donation box Saturday night.

Anderson Police, Anderson County Sheriff's Office, and Coroner's Office tracked the bones' source to a wooded area behind the Graylyn subdivision off of Highway 28 and Concord Road. Investigators spent Sunday searching the area behind the house construction site for more bones.

At this point, they don't know much else except that the remains have been there for at least two years.


The coroner said a man was hiking in the woods and found the bones around 10 p.m.

According to an incident report, the man told police that he found a box at the Goodwill drop-off and put the seven bones inside, WHNS reported.

He then took the box of bones to the Anderson Police Department to notify law enforcement of his findings.

 
ANDERSON, S.C. The Anderson County Coroner's Office is working to find some human remains' identity after bones were found in a Goodwill donation box Saturday night.

Anderson Police, Anderson County Sheriff's Office, and Coroner's Office tracked the bones' source to a wooded area behind the Graylyn subdivision off of Highway 28 and Concord Road. Investigators spent Sunday searching the area behind the house construction site for more bones.

At this point, they don't know much else except that the remains have been there for at least two years.


The coroner said a man was hiking in the woods and found the bones around 10 p.m.

According to an incident report, the man told police that he found a box at the Goodwill drop-off and put the seven bones inside, WHNS reported.

He then took the box of bones to the Anderson Police Department to notify law enforcement of his findings.

Doesn't sound like they were found IN the Goodwill box, it sounds like the hiker snagged a cardboard box from around the Goodwill donation bin to carry the bones he had found to the police. Completely different thing. The writeup almost makes it sound like the hiker tried to donate them to charity.

MOO
 
Doesn't sound like they were found IN the Goodwill box, it sounds like the hiker snagged a cardboard box from around the Goodwill donation bin to carry the bones he had found to the police. Completely different thing. The writeup almost makes it sound like the hiker tried to donate them to charity.

MOO
The initial story I saw on Facebook needed an editor, big time, and implied exactly this! I hope they can figure out who it was, and how and why they ended up there.
 
“All of the bones were different shapes and sizes, and some were consistent with that of human bones,” officers wrote, adding that two of the bones likely came from animals.

Police notified the coroner’s office, and investigators began searching the woods. Crews reported finding “several more bones and items that will assist in the investigation.”

“The skeletal remains appear to have been in the area for a long period of time and were scattered across a large area,” the office wrote. “The identity of the skeletal remains have not been identified and will require further investigation to include DNA analysis which could take several months and the assistance of an anthropologist.”

The person is believed to have died at least two years ago. The coroner’s office made a list of people who were reported missing so it can reach out to relatives for DNA samples, WYFF reported.

“We have some missing people from Anderson County as well as Anderson city,” Deputy Coroner Ty Blackwell told the TV station. “Family members are wanting to come forward to be able to see if they can assist in any kind of way.”
 
Could the bones belong to Alexis Ware? She was last seen driving her car on Highway 29 North in Anderson.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
*maybe her:
 
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Could the bones belong to Alexis Ware? She was last seen driving her car on Highway 29 North in Anderson.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
 
"Unfortunately, there's a lot of variations when it comes to decomposition," said Deputy Coroner Ty Blackwell. "If you add in a wooded area and elements are there, you got animals, you have, weathers heated. If it's really cold, bodies decompose at different rates."

Investigators will work with the FBI and SLED to pull DNA. The whole process could take weeks to years.

Monday, the coroner's office compiled a list of missing people's families to contact for a DNA sample
 

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