Hunter finds skeletal human remains

Summary

A hunter has found skeletal human remains near a snow park in eastern Linn County, and investigators are treating the case as a homicide, the Linn County sheriff's office said Wednesday.

Story Published: Oct 25, 2006 at 4:56 PM PDT

Story Updated: Sep 2, 2008 at 11:10 AM PDT

Hunter finds skeletal human remains
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - A hunter has found skeletal human remains near a snow park in eastern Linn County, and investigators are
treating the case as a homicide, the Linn County sheriff's office said Wednesday.

Investigators believe the body was in a shallow grave near the Big Springs Snow Park for less than a year. It has not been
identified, Sheriff Tim Mueller said in a press release.

The hunter found the body Monday in a timbered area, he said. The snow park is on Route 22.

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