A line of Sarasota County Sheriff's Office vehicles, including a Crime Scene Unit van, lines a road near a wooded area following the discovery of human skeletal remains. Image is courtesy of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
SARASOTA, Fla. - Sarasota County deputies are investigating after a construction crew discovered partial human skeletal remains in a wooded lot on Friday morning.
Emergency personnel spent the weekend searching the area for additional evidence.
Sarasota construction discovery
What we know:
According to SCSO, construction workers found a single set of partial human skeletal remains on the morning of Friday in a wooded lot off Leonard Reid Ave. in Sarasota.
Members of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, Criminal Investigations Section, Emergency Response Team, and Sarasota K9 Search and Rescue searched the lot through the weekend. Forensic experts from Florida Gulf Coast University’s Human Identity & Trauma Analysis program and the District 12 Medical Examiner’s Office joined the scene on Sunday to help find and identify the remains.
Skeletal remains investigation
What we don't know:
Investigators have not yet determined the approximate age, sex, or manner of death for the person found in the lot. It also remains unclear exactly how long the skeletal remains had been at the site before being discovered by the workers.
Sarasota investigation details
What you can do:
Anyone who has information about this case is asked to call the Criminal Investigations Section. Tipsters can reach investigators directly by calling 941-861-4900.
The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, which detailed the timeline of the discovery and the multi-agency search response in an official agency statement.