TRENTON, Mich. (AP) - Human remains were found at the former home of a suburban Detroit man, more than a week after he died after shooting a sheriff’s deputy in Tennessee, authorities said Tuesday.
Police in Trenton, Michigan, are investigating whether the remains are that of a woman who was living with Mark Eberly, said Steven Voss, director of police and fire services.
“It’s very possible, but we’re not willing to go there yet. … Nobody has reported her missing, but our detectives have been in contact with two of her siblings. They have had no contact with her,” Voss said.
A human skull and bones were found Monday in a fire pit at Eberly’s former home, Voss said.
“Some neighbors said back in March he was having some bonfires out there by himself - very large bonfires,” Voss said.
On June 27, Eberly was involved in a shooting with a sheriff’s deputy in Cumberland County, Tennessee, during a traffic stop.
Eberly, 57, was later found dead in his vehicle about a mile away, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The deputy was expected to make a full recovery. The shooting remains under investigation.
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