Skeletal Remains Found In Remote Corner Of Brewster County
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: February 27, 2013
BREWSTER COUNTY -- Officials in Brewster County are trying to identify some skeletal remains found in a remote area near the Rio Grande.
United States Border Patrol agents on line watch duties came across skeletal remains in the Bullis Gap Ranch area -- which is in in the southeast portion of Brewster County, about 37 miles south of U.S. 90 -- on February 26th.
Brewster County Sheriff's deputies were called to the scene to investigate the remains.
Investigators with the Brewster County Sheriff's Office say that the remains might be more than a year old.
Investigators weren't able to identify the remains, and they weren't sure if the remains were of a man or a woman.
Officials with the Brewster County Sheriff's Office say the area is used by human smugglers and drug traffickers, but they aren't sure if the deceased person was an American or a Mexican national.
The remains have been sent off for forensic testing, and the investigation continued Wednesday.
United States Border Patrol agents on line watch duties came across skeletal remains in the Bullis Gap Ranch area -- which is in in the southeast portion of Brewster County, about 37 miles south of U.S. 90 -- on February 26th.
Brewster County Sheriff's deputies were called to the scene to investigate the remains.
Investigators with the Brewster County Sheriff's Office say that the remains might be more than a year old.
Investigators weren't able to identify the remains, and they weren't sure if the remains were of a man or a woman.
Officials with the Brewster County Sheriff's Office say the area is used by human smugglers and drug traffickers, but they aren't sure if the deceased person was an American or a Mexican national.
The remains have been sent off for forensic testing, and the investigation continued Wednesday.
