HOLMES TOWNSHIP — Following the recovery of a human skull last week, detectives from the Menominee County Sheriff’s Office have reported that the additional unaccounted-for skeletal remains have been located near Swanson Road #24.5 in Holmes Township. The additional remains were discovered Tuesday morning by members of the Menominee County Sheriff’s Office Bay Area Mounted Search and Rescue unit (BAMSAR).
The scene was processed by the Michigan State Police, and the remains have been released to Anderson-Diehm Funeral Home in Stephenson until positive DNA identification and contact with next of kin can be made.
The skull was initially discovered on Wednesday, May 10. Menominee County Sheriff’s deputies were alerted to the discovery at the woody residential property at approximately 6:22 p.m.
With the assistance of a cadaver dog, law enforcement agencies worked into the following afternoon to attempt to locate additional remains. While the remains have not been scientifically identified yet, probable identification has been made.
The Menominee County Sheriff’s Office has previously reported that foul play is not suspected.
The Menominee County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by personnel from the Michigan State Police Gladstone and Iron Mountain Posts, the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office, the Menominee Police Department’s robotics unit, and BAMSAR.
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