Skull found over 20 years ago in Duchesne Co. now believed to belong to missing woman
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Over 20 years ago, a human skull was found on a property of northeastern Utah. Now, local officials believe the remains were that of a missing woman.
The Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media Wednesday asking the public’s help in identifying the woman, whom they believe to be a Hispanic female between the ages of 17 to 25.
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“The female would have went missing sometime between 1982 and 2001,” the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office provided a composite sketch of what they believe the missing woman might have looked like. That image can be seen below.
The sheriff’s office said the remains were found on March 13, 2001, while deputies were executing a search warrant on a property in northwestern Duchesne County.
The deputies found a skull on top of a fence that surrounded the property. A wire was holding the skull in place.
At the time, authorities thought the remains might have been of Native American origin, as an Indigenous burial ground was located near the property. However, an anthropological analysis of the remains found that they belonged to a modern young woman.
ABC4 reached out to the sheriff’s office for more information on the search warrant and the remains, but the station has yet to hear back.
Anyone who believes the woman in the composite image looks familiar or has any information regarding a missing person at the time is asked to call the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office at 435-738-2015 or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.
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