KELL — Authorities are investigating the discovery of a human bone in rural Marion County.
Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps, in a statement issued on Monday afternoon, said sheriff’s office personnel responded to a rural Kell residence after receiving a report of a possible human bone being found.
Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon reported that his office was contacted about the discovery on Sunday evening by the sheriff’s office. Cannon said the discovered bone was transported Monday morning to the Champaign County Coroner’s Office, where the University of Illinois Forensic Anthropology Department examined the bone and confirmed that it was human.
The Illinois State Police Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) unit, Marion County Coroner’s Office and SAR K-9 CO-OP were contacted to assist the sheriff’s office in the investigation.
Cannon reported that the CSI unit processed the area in search of other remains or evidence, but the search yielded negative results.
“The area was also searched by cadaver dogs of the Southern Illinois Search and Rescue agency, also with negative results,” he noted.
Cripps said the incident is being actively investigated, and no further details are being released at this time.
Authorities encouraged those with information about the investigation to contact Marion County Sheriff’s Office investigations at 618-548-2141.
