Skull with bullet hole found in Angeles National Forest
A human skull with a bullet hole in it has been found in the Angeles National Forest.
Two hikers came across it Thursday evening on a hillside that had been burned in the Station fire.
Homicide detectives are overseeing the investigation but don't yet know how long the skull was there, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
"Whenever you have something like this discovered in the ground, we don't know how long it's been there," Whitmore said. "It appears to be burned."
On Saturday morning, about a dozen detectives and forensic archeologists will return to the site at the Angeles Forest Highway near Lucas Creek to go over the area and search for more remains, Whitmore said.
The skull is at the Los Angeles County coroner's office. The area where it was found has been secured, he said.
-- Raja Abdulrahim
EDITOR'S PICKS:
Is anybody really surprised by this? I wonder how many other skulls will be found up there after the fire. I also wonder how many people in LA are squirming now!
Posted by: Surprised? | December 25, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Mitrice Richardson, who disappeared from Agoura Hills on Sep 24th, while the fire was burning?
Posted by: laytonian | December 25, 2009 at 12:38 PM