NORTH COAST, Calif. – Mendocino County officials are continuing to search for clues as to the identity of the individual whose remains were found near Piercy last October.
On Oct. 30 a person had found a shoe protruding from the earth near the shore of the Eel River in the 83000 block of Highway 271. Upon closer examination the caller believed the shoe was attached to a human body, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.
Mendocino County Sheriff’s officials responded and found that the shoe was associated with a shallow grave that contained the skeletal remains of a human body.
The agency reported that its detectives received a report on Monday from the California State University, Chico Human Identification Laboratory regarding analysis of the remains.
The results of the analysis showed that the human remains are believed to be that of a white male adult, approximately 25 to 45 years of age, with a height between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet 5 inches tall, officials said.
Sheriff's detectives have enlisted the assistance of the California Department of Justice in recovering DNA from a bone to help establish a DNA profile for the remains, according to the agency.
Sheriff's officials hope to enter this DNA profile into the Combined DNA Index System and use the DNA profile to compare against Mendocino County Sheriff's Office active missing persons cases.
Anyone with information in regards to this case is urged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Tip-Line by calling 707-234-2100.