NORTH COAST, Calif. — The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of human remains near Covelo.
A Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputy was dispatched at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, to contact a person who had located potential human skeletal remains in Covelo, said Capt. Gregory Van Patten.
Van Patten said the deputy learned that the man who found the remains had been hunting on his property, located in the 45000 block of Bauer Ranch Road in the vicinity of Mendocino Pass Road, when he discovered several scattered bones that are suspected to be human.
The man also found out-of-state photo identifications belonging to an adult male which was in the general area of the bones, Van Patten said.
Due to darkness and an impending rainstorm, Van Patten said it was decided a search of the property would be delayed for the safety of Sheriff's Office searchers.
Just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, sheriff’s deputies and members of the Mendocino County Search and Rescue Team conducted search efforts for the bones, which resulted in the discovery and recovery of several human skeletal remains, Van Patten said.
Investigations into the identity of the human skeletal remains are ongoing at this time and Van Patten said investigators have requested the assistance of the Anthropology Department at California State University, Chico in an effort to determine a cause and classification of death.
Anyone with information that may assist investigators in this coroner's investigation are urged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Tipline by calling 707-234-2100 or the WeTip Anonymous Crime Reporting Hotline by calling 800-782-7463.
Mendocino County authorities investigate discovery of human remains
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