CPD investigates discovery of human skeleton
The Columbia Police Department is investigating a human skeleton discovered by a 13-year-old at about 10:30 a.m. Friday.
According to a CPD news release, the 13-year-old found the skeleton in a wooded location, west of Roger I. Wilson Memorial Drive in Columbia. The teenager told an adult, who called CPD and officers cleared the scene at about 5 p.m.
Police believe the skeleton to be that of an adult; it had been in the location where it was found for at least a few months, the news release stated. The skeleton will be examined Monday at the Boone County Medical Examiner's Office.