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Topic Started: Mar 16 2008, 04:42 PM (219 Views)
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http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/389486.html

Bones yield clues

Jeremy Pawloski
The Olympian

The bones found Sunday in a wooded area about 200 yards behind a home on Delphi Road probably belong to an adult Caucasian male, between 40 and 70 years old and between 5 feet, 7 inches, and 6 feet, a forensic anthropologist told the Thurston County Coroner on Friday.


The forensic anthropologist also estimated that the bones were outside between six months and five years before they were discovered by a man who was walking his dog in the woods early Sunday night, Thurston County Coroner Gary Warnock said.

The bones show no obvious signs of trauma that might suggest the man suffered a violent death, though the anthropologist did discover a healed fracture on one of the man's left ribs, Warnock said. The skull's teeth were in poor shape, Warnock added.

The forensic anthropologist from the King County Medical Examiner examined the recovered bones Friday at the coroner's office, Warnock said. X-rays of the skull's teeth have been taken and will be shipped to the Washington State Patrol so they can be entered into a national database of dental records of missing people, he said.

Dental records are the best hope for identifying the bones, Warnock said. The Thurston County Sheriff's Office is investigating the discovery of the bones as a suspicious death, Lt. Chris Mealy said earlier in the week. Along with the bones, sheriff's detectives found some clothing, including a shirt and a pair of shoes, that are thought to belong to the deceased.

Sunday's discovery marks the second time human remains were found in the same area in less than a year. On March 25, 2007, a man who was walking behind his home on Canning Court in the Cedar Flats Road area found a human skull. Thurston County sheriff's detectives have said those remains belong to a Caucasian male, but they have been unable to identify him through his dental records. The man's cause of death remains undetermined.

Jeremy Pawloski covers public safety for The Olympian. He can be reached at 360-754-5465 or jpawloski@theolympian.com.

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