FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities say human remains have been found under a cliff near Kanawha Falls.
Media cited a statement from Fayette County Sheriff-Elect Mike Fridley and prosecutor Larry Harrah that said the discovery has prompted a homicide investigation. The statement says a person looking for arrowheads on Tuesday found a skull and called officials.
When investigators arrived, they found other bones that appear to have been buried in a shallow grave. Fridley says the bones appear to have been in the area for several years, but not more than 50, which means the area is likely not a Native American or Civil War grave site.
Fridley said a medical examiner would try to determine the identity of the remains and a cause of death.
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