Crime & Safety
Forsyth County Completes Investigation at Site of Human Remains Discovery
Sheriff's Office investigators are reviewing area missing persons cases while the GBI studies the human remains found by a landscaper on Friday, Dec. 30.
The on site investigation stemming from the discovery of human remains found in a wooded area in the vicinity of Bluegrass Valley Parkway and McFarland Road on Friday, Dec. 30, has ended, according to authorities.
Capt. Tim House of the said the Criminal Investigation Division concluded its investigation on site on Saturday, Dec. 31. They do know the remains are from a man of Hispanic origin.
House said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will determine the age of the remains. The state forensic anthropologist, who was on site during the investigation, believed that the remains had been in the area for about 5 to 8 years.
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Forsyth County investigators are in the process of reviewing its local missing persons cases along with other local jurisdictions to see if a match surfaces with the description they do have of the remains that were found.
after a landscaper surveying an area of land discovered a human skull.
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