2014/06/04

Detroit Free Press June 3 2014: Forensic anthropologist starts chiseling cement from body parts today

A forensic anthropologist will begin chiseling cement that encases body parts today, so officials can try to identify the remains discovered in a garage on Detroit’s west side.

The body parts were found in black, plastic storage crates by a man, who smelled a strong order, walking down Freeland Street near Fenkell last week, officials said.

“The anthropologist will be careful to proceed to preserve the remains of any bones and body parts found in crates so not to compromise any evidence,” said Mary Mazur, spokeswoman with the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office. “The top of a skull can be observed through the concrete in one and part of a foot—a toe—in another.” more