In March, a West Street resident was out looking in the old town dump for items to use in a college art project.
He saw a skull. Likely an old decoration.
It wasn't. It was real. He and his mom called the police and it turned into a crime scene.
http://vernon.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/vernon-police-investigating-skeletal-remains-found-...
Local state and federal authorities worked the scene for days and the state archaeologist called it one of the most challenging terrains he has ever worked on.
http://vernon.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/state-archaeologist-calls-the-case-of-discovered-re...
Alas, the remains matched no one on a national missing persons data base.
http://vernon.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/investigators-remains-found-in-vernon-do-not-match-mi...
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