Authorities are working to identify human remains found along a roadway in Rutland, investigators with local police announced Thursday. Members of the Rutland Town Police Department said decomposing remains were found the previous day along a section of Route 4 that runs through the community. The exact location was identified only as being “near the railroad tracks” there. According to police, a person called state police around 1:45 p.m. to report finding the remains. An on-scene investigation was conducted and all remains have since been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington for an autopsy. No information was provided on a possible identity for that person or how they died. Police in Rutland Town were assisted at the scene by Vermont State Police and detectives with a local criminal investigations unit.
Authorities are working to identify human remains found along a roadway in Rutland, investigators with local police announced Thursday.
Members of the Rutland Town Police Department said decomposing remains were found the previous day along a section of Route 4 that runs through the community. The exact location was identified only as being “near the railroad tracks” there.
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According to police, a person called state police around 1:45 p.m. to report finding the remains. An on-scene investigation was conducted and all remains have since been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington for an autopsy.
No information was provided on a possible identity for that person or how they died.
Police in Rutland Town were assisted at the scene by Vermont State Police and detectives with a local criminal investigations unit.
