NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of human remains near the Eel River early Tuesday morning.
Sgt. Greg Van Patten of the Mendocino County Investigative Services Bureau reported that just before 7 a.m. Tuesday a caller notified the sheriff’s office that they had found a shoe protruding from the earth near the shore of the Eel River in the 83000 block of Highway 271 near Piercy.
Upon closer examination the caller believed the shoe was attached to a human body, Van Patten said.
Van Patten said a Mendocino County Sheriff's Office patrol sergeant and sheriff's detective responded to the scene and located what the caller had reported.
At that time it was discovered that the shoe was associated with a shallow grave that contained the skeletal remains of a human body, according to Van Patten.
He said Mendocino County Sheriff's detectives requested the assistance of the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Chico in recovering the remains from the grave.
Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Tip-Line by calling 707-234-2100.