Skeletal remains found in George County

LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) – George County deputies are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains.

Sheriff Dean Howell says in a news release that hunters found the human remains Sunday in a wooded area in northeast George County.

Howell says the skeletal remains were transported to the Mississippi Crime Lab for forensic and DNA analysis.

Howell says his office, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are currently working together to try and identify the remains.