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JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – Jacksonville police say they are investigating after human skeletal remains were found Saturday morning.
According to the Jacksonville Police Department, officers responded around 8:52 a.m. to a wooded area near the corner of Yopp Road and U.S. 17 after a person mowing grass discovered what appeared to be a skeleton.
Police say officers arrived and located human skeletal remains. Police add that the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation assisted with processing the scene.
Officials say they have a potential identification of the remains but are withholding the person’s identity until it can be confirmed by the State Medical Examiner’s Office.
The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Officials ask anyone with information to contact Jacksonville police Detective R. Feller at 910-938-6410 or Crime Stoppers at 910-938-3273. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards of up to $5,000 for information determined to be valuable to law enforcement.
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