Troopers find human skull on I-5 near Salem
Oregon State Police troopers found a human skull on Interstate 5 Monday morning.
State police responded to the northbound lanes of the highway near milepost 260 in Salem after an Oregon Department of Corrections cleanup crew located a “suspicious object,” the agency said in a news release Wednesday night.
Troopers located a small backpack containing the skull and transported it to the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office, who are investigating its identity.
The skull likely belonged to a woman in her late 30s or 40s, police said, but had no identifiable features.
State police said they would not release any further information.
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