Human skull found on I-5 is an “artifact,” state police say

State police say a human skull found on Interstate 5 two weeks ago was an artifact not linked to a homicide.
On Nov. 21, a state Department of Corrections cleanup crew reported finding a “suspicious object” on the freeway, the Oregon State Police announced at the time.
State troopers responded to the northbound lanes of I-5 near milepost 260 in Salem and found a small backpack containing the skull, which they transported to the Oregon…





