Authorities are investigating after human remains were discovered Saturday morning near Low Gap Road in Ukiah, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were dispatched around 9:52 a.m. to the 1800 block of Low Gap Road after members of a local nonprofit, conducting a trash cleanup, reported finding what they believed to be human remains, the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
Deputies searched the area and confirmed the remains were human, prompting an investigation by both the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and the Ukiah Police Department. Officials are reviewing active missing persons cases in an effort to identify the remains, according to the release.
Authorities said foul play is not suspected at this time. The coroner’s case remains open, and investigators will release further details once the remains are positively identified and next of kin are notified.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center at 707-463-4086 (option 1) or provide anonymous tips through the non-emergency tip line at 707-234-2100.
Never look at this kind of findings when family has a missing person in their life… What they found was a positive find and is going to help relieve this family stressed out in hysterical mode but now can and will do closure and put too rest their Missing Loved one…….Much Respect to the people who found this family member…….