What you should know
- Officers investigating the discovery of human remains in a wooded area of western New York found a second body nearby, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
- The first body, believed to be a woman, appeared to have gone unnoticed for much longer than the body found later, the sheriff’s office said. The sex of the second body was not immediately known.
- It is not yet known whether the findings are related.
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NEW YORK – Officers investigating the discovery of human remains in a wooded area of western New York found a second body nearby, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
It is not yet known whether the findings are related.
The first body, believed to be a woman, appeared to have gone unnoticed for much longer than the body found later, the sheriff’s office said. The sex of the second body was not immediately known.
Both were sent to a laboratory in Erie, Pennsylvania for analysis.
Sheriff James Quattrone told The Post-Journal of Jamestown that it was too early to know if the discoveries were related, but characterized the findings as suspicious.
The investigation began after a hiker found a human skull on Sunday. Investigators found the second body during a follow-up search on Monday.
The remains were found in the vicinity of the Alison Wells Ney Nature Trail, a 5.7-mile path along an old rail corridor in Portland, New York.
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