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Undersheriff: Bones likely from private stash PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Wednesday, 03 November 2004
Remains found near Kuna have writing on them

Ada County Sheriff's Office
Anna Webb

The Idaho Statesman | Edition Date: 11-02-2004
Just before dark on Halloween night, two people discovered a cache of human bones on the south face of Initial Point Butte, eight miles south of Kuna. The Ada County Sheriff's Office, said Undersheriff Gary Raney, is now trying to figure out whose bones they are and how they got there.

The bone collection includes two skulls and a scattering of other bones, but not enough to make two complete skeletons, said Raney.

An anthropologist called to the scene noted two facts about the better-preserved skull, said Raney.

First, it had writing on it, permanent marker designating the different parts of the skull, and glued-in teeth.

"This has led us to the supposition," said Raney, "that this is most likely a set of bones that was being held privately, in a school lab or on someone's bookcase."

Raney doesn't suspect foul play. His guess is that someone had the bones, found out that it's illegal to possess human remains and tried to get rid of them fast.

Still, until the Sheriff's Office gets more information, it's treating the bones as remnants of a homicide.

The two people who found the bones were at Initial Point to take pictures. After finding the bones, which were wedged among rocks, they marked the spot and called the Sheriff's Office.

When the Halloween night call came in, said Raney, the deputies thought it was a prank. It's not uncommon for the office to get calls about "human remains down by the river," he said, but those remains usually turn out to be bear. Bear vertebrae look a lot like those of humans, said Raney. But this was no prank.

Deputies stayed at Initial Point all night to secure the site until morning when Raney, several sheriff's detectives, a forensic pathologist and an anthropologist came to investigate.

Near the skeletons, the investigators found a "moccasin-type slipper" and a red plastic Monopoly piece, "a house, or hotel," said Raney.

The sight of a commercial mark on the moccasin quickly dispelled the idea that the bones and moccasin were American Indian relics. The Monopoly piece? A mystery.

Raney noted that Initial Point — so named because it's the point from which all of Idaho is surveyed — is a popular spot for walking. It's strange, he thinks, that someone didn't find the bones sooner.

Some of the bones "had some exposure and looked porous, like old cattle bones," said Raney, like they'd been there a while.

"I would estimate between months and a few years ago. Obviously not fresh."

Raney said his office is less interested in criminal prosecution than in knowing where the bones came from.

"This is really about knowing what happened, and laying these bones to proper rest."

http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041102/NEWS01/411020334/1002/NEWS02
 
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