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REGIONAL: Officials release update on investigation into skeletal remains found in Sacramento River
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The Glenn County Sheriff's Office has released an update on the investigation into the discovery of human remains in the Sacramento River late in June.
An off-duty California Fish and Wildlife warden and his son discovered the remains in shallow water along the west bank of the Sacramento River, south of Hamilton City, on the afternoon of Saturday, June 21, as Lake County News has reported.
Glenn County Sheriff Larry Jones said Tuesday that an examination of the remains was conducted on June 25 by forensic pathologist Dr. Thomas K. Resk, M.D. The examination was attended by Detective Kelly Knight of the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit.
The skeletal remains consist of the tibia and fibula of a human right leg, still attached to ankle and booted foot. A wool-type sock was attached to the remains, Jones said.
Jones said the boot has been identified as a Brahma brand, men’s size 9.5. The label inside the boot is printed with the following: “Alpha”, “ASTMF2413-05” and “2590418” stamped on the boot tongue.
Detectives and the boot manufacturer are attempting to trace these numbers in an effort to learn where the boot may have been sold, Jones said.
At this time, Jones said investigators have not been able to determine how long the remains may have been in the river.
The skeletal remains are currently in the possession of the Chico State University Human Identification Laboratory. Jones said further examination of the skeletal remains are being conducted by the Human I.D. Lab in an effort to gain additional forensic information.
DNA samples will extracted from the remains and run against DNA databases, Jones said.
Jones said the Shasta and Tehama County sheriff’s offices have been contacted and the remains checked against known missing persons and/or skeletal remains recovered in those up-stream counties. At this time no match has been made.
The Glenn County Sheriff’s Office has sent out a Critical Reach flyer to all law enforcement asking that any agency with a possible missing person match contact them.
Anyone with any information regarding this case is asked to contact Detective Kelly Knight at the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office, 530-934-6721 or 530-934-6431.