Visitor stumbles across skeletal human remains in nature park, Utah police say

A visitor at a nature park discovered human skeletal remains, Utah police reported. The person reported the find at Lambert Park in Alpine to police at 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, the Lone Peak Police …

Officers confirmed the remains were human and called in investigators from the medical examiner’s office, who began working to identify the remains and cause of death.

Officers confirmed the remains were human and called in investigators from the medical examiner’s office, who began working to identify the remains and cause of death.

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A visitor at a nature park discovered human skeletal remains, Utah police reported.

The person reported the find at Lambert Park in Alpine to police at 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, the Lone Peak Police Department said in a news release.

A horseback rider discovered the remains, police told KSTU.

Officers confirmed the remains appear human and called in investigators from the medical examiner’s office, who began working to identify the remains and determine the cause of death.

Lambert Park is “largely undeveloped and used for biking, equestrian, and foot traffic,” police said.

Alpine is about a 30-mile drive southeast from Salt Lake City.

Don Sweeney

The Sacramento Bee

Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 25 years. He has been a real-time reporter based at The Sacramento Bee since 2016.

Source: Utah News