Woman discovers possible human remains along dry Mississippi River shoreline

COAHOMA CO., Miss. (WMC) – The Coahoma County Sheriff’s Workplace is investigating potential human stays discovered alongside the dry riverbed of the Mississippi River.

“As a result of these water ranges are so low that we knew it was solely a brief matter of time earlier than human stays have been discovered,” stated Coahoma County resident Crystal Foster.

On Saturday afternoon, Foster stated she and her household went to gather rocks alongside the Mississippi River as they all the time do, however she says they discovered greater than rocks this time.

“To my shock, we stumbled upon some human stays,” stated Foster.

Foster believes the bones are from completely different components of a human physique.

“We all know we discovered a rib bone. We discovered a decrease mandible, a jawbone with tooth in it,” stated Foster.

She stated after discovering the bones, she contacted the Coahoma County Sheriff’s Workplace.

“They instantly got here out right here with a number of officers and so they have been taken down and proven the decrease jawbone that was discovered; and likewise they discovered the highest half of the cranium, and so they noticed the opposite bones that have been found as nicely,” stated Foster.

Regardless of the skeletal stays belong to, human or not, Foster hopes legislation enforcement will get solutions.

“I simply hope that the MBI works rapidly on this case and is ready to determine the sufferer to the dental information on the very least in order that manner their household can get closure as a result of that may that may convey me some peace at the least,” stated Foster.

Motion Information 5 has reached out to the Coahoma County Sheriff’s Workplace who informed us they can’t verify if any of those bones are human stays presently.

Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith confirmed he’s ready to listen to again from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation to presumably begin excavating the realm this week.

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