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March 20, 2010 Since 1922 |
Skeletal remains discovered in Chambers Co.
By Cierra Putman
The Baytown Sun Published September 10, 2009 Chambers County investigators are hoping autopsy and DNA results will help them determine whose bones were found in south Chambers County earlier in the week. As of Wednesday investigators believed the remains could belong to one of four people still missing since Hurricane Ike swept through last year.
“That’s what we’re believing,” Captain John Mulryan of the Chambers County Sheriff’s Department said, “but we’re not ruling anything out right now; we’re trying to follow up on any lead.
“Everything is still active,” Mulryan said. “We’re trying to piece it together as quickly as possible for the family, for the investigation and to see if it’s the remains of a missing person from the peninsula area or the Galveston area. We’re trying to get it done as soon as possible.”
According to a statement from the sheriff’s department, a debris clean-up crew found the skeletal remains Tuesday at about 3 p.m. in a wooded pastureland off of FM 562 between Lone Oak Bayou and Smith Point. Two Hurricane Ike survivors and two other bodies were also located near the area following the storm.
Mulryan said he and three other investigators are working on the case and the remains were found near a T-shirt and some other clothing, but investigators do not know if they belong to the deceased person.
The remains were pieced back together with surgical wire and are currently at the Jefferson County Morgue for autopsy. Due to severe decomposition, the medical examiner will have to rely on the autopsy and DNA results to determine the gender and identity of the deceased. According to the sheriff’s statement, the person had a surgically repaired fracture around their left eye.
The Baytown Sun Published September 10, 2009 Chambers County investigators are hoping autopsy and DNA results will help them determine whose bones were found in south Chambers County earlier in the week. As of Wednesday investigators believed the remains could belong to one of four people still missing since Hurricane Ike swept through last year.
“That’s what we’re believing,” Captain John Mulryan of the Chambers County Sheriff’s Department said, “but we’re not ruling anything out right now; we’re trying to follow up on any lead.
“Everything is still active,” Mulryan said. “We’re trying to piece it together as quickly as possible for the family, for the investigation and to see if it’s the remains of a missing person from the peninsula area or the Galveston area. We’re trying to get it done as soon as possible.”
According to a statement from the sheriff’s department, a debris clean-up crew found the skeletal remains Tuesday at about 3 p.m. in a wooded pastureland off of FM 562 between Lone Oak Bayou and Smith Point. Two Hurricane Ike survivors and two other bodies were also located near the area following the storm.
Mulryan said he and three other investigators are working on the case and the remains were found near a T-shirt and some other clothing, but investigators do not know if they belong to the deceased person.
The remains were pieced back together with surgical wire and are currently at the Jefferson County Morgue for autopsy. Due to severe decomposition, the medical examiner will have to rely on the autopsy and DNA results to determine the gender and identity of the deceased. According to the sheriff’s statement, the person had a surgically repaired fracture around their left eye.