Human remains found in vacant eastern Illinois house
Posted October 11, 2019 7:00 am
DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in eastern Illinois are investigating the discovery of human remains in an abandoned, burned house.
Danville police Sgt. Eric Olson announced Friday morning that shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday, police were dispatched on a call of possible human skeletal remains found in the house.
The Vermilion County Coroner's Office confirmed the remains were human.
The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports the scene was turned over to Illinois State Police forensics experts to continue the investigation.
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Information from: The News-Gazette, http://www.news-gazette.com
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