UPDATE FROM WABASH COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE
WE ARE CONTINUING OUR INVESTIGATION IN REFERENCE TO SKELETAL REMAINS THAT WERE FOUND ON 10-23-2018 IN A FARM FIELD NORTH OF MT. CARMEL, ILLINOIS. THE WABASH COUNTY CORONER, SHAUN KEEPES HAS IDENTIFIED THE SKELETAL REMAINS TO BE THOSE OF HUMAN REMAINS. IT IS TOO SOON IN OUR INVESTIGATION TO GIVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, 10-26-2018 AT THE WABASH COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE. RESOURCES WORKING THIS CASE INCLUDE THE WABASH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE, CRIME SCENE UNIT & INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS THE WABASH COUNTY CORONERS OFFICE.
