Human skull found in backpack next to Oregon interstate

A typical cleanup of an interstate in Oregon this week has was a forensic investigation after a cranium was found. 

Oregon State Police stated on Wednesday {that a} Division of Corrections crew was engaged on cleansing an space subsequent to Interstate 5 on Monday when somebody stumbled upon a “suspicious object” – a small backpack with a human cranium inside. The backpack was found close to milepost 260 subsequent to the northbound facet of the interstate. 

It was found in Marion County, which is situated about 75 miles south of Portland. 

Police have since taken the cranium to the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s workplace to attempt to make an identification. The bone construction doesn’t have any identifiable options, police stated, however “was almost definitely that of a feminine in her late 30’s to 40’s.” 

Police haven’t launched every other details about the cranium. 

This isn’t the primary time a human cranium has been found alongside an Oregon freeway. In accordance with the Oregonian, a freeway crew discovered one other in June 2018 whereas conducting upkeep alongside Interstate 5 in Roseburg. No different stays have been discovered. 

It took greater than a yr for the deceased particular person to be recognized, however in December 2019, authorities stated that DNA testing had proven the cranium was the stays of Scott Evenson. He was an Oregon man who had been listed as a lacking particular person on Fb in 2016, however whose disappearance was by no means reported to the police, the outlet stated. 

Evenson, who had lived in Myrtle Creek practically 200 miles south of Portland, was round 44 on the time of his loss of life.