Authorities are trying to identify skeletal human remains found near the Sacramento River south of Hamilton City.
The macabre discovery was made by a California Fish and Wildlife officer at about mid-day Sunday March 8. The officer, patrolling the west bank of the river across from Scotty’s Landing with a dog, spotted part of a human skull protruding from the earth. The spot is within 100 yards of the river, a location subject to occasional flooding.
State forensic anthropologists, working with Butte County sheriff’s detectives, unearthed a human skeleton at the site. Officials determined that the body had been there for at least a year. Sheriff’s Department Spokeswoman Miranda Bowersox said the bones belonged to an older male. Bowersox said that so far, no signs of foul play have been found.