This news story was updated at 10:10 a.m. and 5:07 p.m. on Friday April 8, 2011
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The Lewis County Sheriff’ Office is investigating yet another find of skeletal human remains after a discovery near Morton yesterday.
A motorist who pulled off U.S. Highway 12 to take a break spotted the remains off the side of the road and called 911 about 5:30 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office.
The surrounding locale is a rural wooded area, but the sheriff’s office did not specify the location except to say it was off a well-used logging road off U.S. Highway 12.
Detectives responded to the scene yesterday evening and expect to return today with search and rescue volunteers to look for potential evidence, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
Less than two weeks ago, a hiker found a partial human skull in a wooded area near Mineral. Brown said they don’t believe the two are related.
Brown said the remains were laying on the ground, in plain view.
The sheriff’s office released no information indicating the suspected gender or even whether it was an adult or a child.
“If the killer is out there watching what we’re doing, we don’t want to release anything related to the body,” Brown said. “We’re not going to release a lot of information or speculate until we know who we’re dealing with.”
As for how long the remains may have been there: “We don’t know if it was transported there and decayed there, or not,” Brown said. “I highly doubt it’s been there a long time time, it’s a well-used logging road and would have been noticed.”
The remains will be sent to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office for a forensic pathologist to examine, according to the sheriff’s office.
Brown said they are hopeful they can get an identification relatively soon based on dental work.
I must not be awake yet because I just can’t follow any of the previous posts…. huh??
check this out there is a nother missing person molly jackson(waddintion) that throught kayla croft missing site are closer than u would think and yes lpd and cowlitz county pd seem tarted or dont care im just asking all of the people on this thing to just look at here stuff from what i read here she is 5;2 ish 130 and was running with same ppl she went missing 3-14-12 thank you all and i hope everybody finds there people and the responsable partys or well burnt at the stake
what ever happen havent heard if it was mal or female ect!!!
Bounty Killers/Backtrack inc: Where is the Follow Up Reporting on this??? Is this another Episode of “Gone with the Wind”???????
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Profilers inc: The Partial Skull has been Identified through Dental Records as Belonging 2 a Missing Man. Although the Recent Human Remains Find in Morton Remains Unidentified, Probable Victim could Include Nancy Moyer, Kayla Kroft Payne.
Profilers inc: with 5 Sets of Human Remains Recovered in Lewis County since July, this is no Reichart saying after 5 Victims were Removed from the Green River; Golly Gee, I wonder if we have a Serial Killer here: Profile shows a Serial Killer Roving Unchecked in Lewis County.
Profilers inc. A Good Profiler can Determine 3 things from any Crime Scene: [1]. The Gender: [2]. The Age: [3]. What Vehicle the Suspect Drives:
Profilers inc. The Police Suffer from “Linkage Blindness” & don’t relay Data 2 other Jurisdictions. A Bounty Killer needs the Specifics of a Human Remains Find, & his Existance depends on a Mere Scrap of Information.
Profilers inc. The General Public has the Right 2 know about the Specifics of the Find of Human Remains. The Police 2 often don’t Release any Data, & leave the Public in the Dark.