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VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – Valley City police say a bone found by a crew of workers that was originally thought to be human was actually from a raccoon.<\/p>\n
Police Chief Fred Thompson said Wednesday that officers photographed the bone and sent the pictures to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Grand Forks, which initially determined it was a radius bone. But an in-person examination by a physician has determined that the bone is from a raccoon.<\/p>\n
The state’s Historical Society and the Tribal Historic Preservation Office had been involved in the investigation because the bone was found near Native American burial grounds.<\/p>\n
Thompson said the appropriate agencies have been notified and the case is now closed.<\/p>\n
Previously…<\/p>\n
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Police Department reports, \u00a0a 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,\u00a0of \u00a0the 300 block of Wintershow Road in Valley City.<\/p>\n
The police department\u00a0received the\u00a0information on April 12th.<\/p>\n
Police Chief Fred Thompson, says the survey crew was in the area when officers arrived and photographed the bone.<\/p>\n
Photos were then sent to the State Medical Examiner\u2019s Office in Grand Forks.<\/p>\n
On April 14th, representatives met Chief Thompson at the site, and\u00a0determined that the bone should be taken to the State Medical Examiner\u2019s Office where it can be examined for further information.<\/p>\n
The Medical Examiner\u2019s Office\u00a0said 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\u00a0told of the find.<\/p>\n
Deeper searches in the area found two additional small bone fragments,\u00a0however it\u2019s not known whether these are related to the first bone found or if they are even human.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0investigation continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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