MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - Human remains have been found in a Southern California backyard and authorities Wednesday were trying to identify them and determine when they were buried.
A Mission Viejo homeowner who was digging post holes for a fence found bone fragments and a partial skull in a bag Monday and his neighbor called the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, KCBS-TV reported.
An investigation was launched but no other bones were found.
There was no immediate determination on the cause of death.
The homeowner wasn’t under suspicion, authorities said.
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