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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Valley City Police Department received information on April 12th concerning possible human remains located in the 300 block of Wintershow Road in Valley City.

According to Police Chief Fred Thompson, a member of a KLJ survey crew observed what appeared to be a human bone on the ground near one of the trees planted in the area. The survey crew was in the area when officers arrived and photographed the bone. Pictures were sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Grand Forks.

The Medical Examiner’s Office advised that the bone was a radius bone, one of the two bones located between the elbow and hand. Because the bone was found near a known Indian burial grounds, the State of North Dakota Historical Society and Tribal Historic Preservation Office were contacted and advised of the find.

On April 14th, representatives met Chief Thompson at the site. It was determined that the bone be transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office where it can be examined for further information. Deeper searches in the area found two additional small bone fragments, although it’s not known whether these are related to the first bone found or if they are even human.

An investigation is ongoing.