MINDEMOYA–The case of the skull found in the woods near the Thorne and Forest Streets
apartment complex in Mindemoya is now officially a coroner’s investigation, The Expositor has learned.
Community Services Officer Constable Steve Hart of the Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) explained that police are assisting in what has been deemed a coroner’s investigation, but could not speak to the origins of the skull found in the Mindemoya woodlot. Constable Hart said he had seen the photos of what appears to be a human skull on this newspaper’s website, but could not comment.
On Monday evening a Mindemoya resident discovered the skull and alerted others the following day. Police were then called in to investigate and were stationed at the location all day Tuesday.
Constable Hart did say that a forensic anthropologist would be arriving on the scene Wednesday morning to determine if the skull is in in fact of human ancestry. This will determine how the investigation will proceed.
Stay tuned to manitoulin.ca for more information on this story as it becomes available.
