Human skull found under mobile home
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UPDATE: Oregon State Police have found more bones in the area where the human skull was found. More information can be found here.
Here is the original story from Monday:
PORT ORFORD, Ore.-- The owners of a trailer park in Port Orford found a human skull underneath a trailer they were moving on Monday.
Port Orford Police Chief Marvin Combs said the discovery of the remains has led to a death investigation of the area.
"We don't know what we have right now," Combs said. "This is just a death investigation right now. We aren't calling it a crime scene because we don't know if the skull is here because of a crime, or if any foul play was involved at all. Right now it's just a death investigation."
Combs said the trailer had been removed from the property and had been taken away for investigation. Police kept an eye on the trailer and the trailer's former location through the night to make sure it was undisturbed for crime scene investigators.
Combs said there is a chance they could find the rest of the body the skull belonged to and will be able to investigate if anything criminal took place.
"Basically we've got the crime lab from OSP coming in," Combs said. "They're going to be looking at the area and see if they can find anymore parts of a body there or not"
No specifics are being released at this time. KCBY News has been asked not to reveal the exact location of the scene until Tuesday afternoon. Combs said he doesn't want a suspect to hear the specifics, fear arrest and leave the area.
More information is expected to be out Tuesday afternoon.
Good grief, I better look under my house now too! Lord knows who may be lurking under there! It would indeed be helpful, KATU, to know whether this skull and bones are of recent vintage, or are those of another Kennewick Man. What prognosticator led them to look under the home in the first place? Inquiring minds want to know, donchadink?
Told them not to move to Dahmer Lane.
"We don't know what we have right now,"Â
I do, it's what's left of a body.
Ooooh so it could be a whole skeleton!!! How exciting!
That's even better than when I move the couch and find a stale cheeto!
Heads will roll on this one.Â
Interesting. Hopefully the place has only had one known resident. The possibilities abound. Don't forget to followup k2.
They moved the graves, but the didn't move the bodies!!! Â
@auditor That was Poltergeist....
@auditorThis house has many hearts. Â -Tangina
Combs does't want the suspect to hear specifics, fear arrest and leave the area? News flash Combs, unless there are many ppl in Port Orford that kill somebody and leave their skulls under trailers, I think he knows you're onto it. Lol
its called a crawl space because animals use it? Really? Wow my bad. I thought it was so that a person could get under to fix things that run under or over the dwelling. Boy I got to think of another way to get to that water pipe.Â
EVEN if I needed to hide a body or body parts, I'd never ever consider a crawl space. Â That area is called a "crawl space" because spiders/snakes crawl around under there. Â Besides, aren't Rubbermaid totes designed for hiding body parts? Â
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@Welfair Chick Straight, gay, green, cake enthusiast -- I don't care, she complimented me.  =)
@Welfair Chick All the better since I'm pro.
Bubba: My home is all crooked and stuff and junk. How'd you suppose I goes abouts fixin that?
Skeeter: Reckon you should use your head to do it.
@UselessOpinion "Dude, I can't find my extra jack stand and the living room's tilting.  If I don't prop up the corner somehow, I'm afraid my beer's gonna tip over.  Hand me that skull, will ya?"
There was definitely some skullduggery going on there.
@negativerep Not a prob though, since skullduggery is WAY better than dumb***ary.  Am I right?  =)
@Sundowner indubitably!
It's a crime scene when one finds a head anywhere. It belongs to someone i'm sure. The cops will take DNA samples and figure out who belongs to it. After they are done the crime scene which they will go through with a fine tooth comb until it looks like the consistency of oatmealÂ
AAAHHHH!! It's the horseless headsman!
Sometimes I think I would lose my head if it weren't attached to my shoulders...
@UselessOpinion Any time the word "head" is involved, there are those of us who know it's best to leave it alone.  As I just did.  =)
This is suspicious. Human skulls don't grow naturally in the ground do they? I honestly don't know.
"Well, that looks like a felony right there, Julian."Â - Bubbles, Trailer Park Boys
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"Combs said he doesn't want a suspect to hear the specifics, fear arrest and leave the area."
I'm going to assume if you are responsible for that and you watch the news, then you probably are fearing arrest now. lol.
I sure hope the cops can put their heads together and figure this out.
I hope they find another skull because you know what they say...
Hopefully law enforcement can figure out what happened and more importantly who the person is. I hope this leads to some sort of closure for a family who's been worried. I wish them well in their investigation.
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@TheUglyTruthWho said it was cut off, a statement like that might get you in trouble if it was cut off.