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Body found on Carson City hiking trail was inside sleeping bag
UPDATE 7:48PM: A mostly decomposed body inside of a sleeping bag was removed from a shallow two-foot grave on Lone Mountain, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. Details regarding the identity, gender and age are pending an autopsy scheduled for Wednesday. No other details are available at this time.
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UPDATE 4:48PM: The body found by a hiker Tuesday morning off a hiking trail in the hills above Lone Mountain Cemetery has been removed and an autopsy will be performed Wednesday morning, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.
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UPDATE 1:58PM: The following is from Sheriff Ken Furlong: The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is on scene at Lone Mountain, above the Lone Mountain Cemetery at Roop Street and Winnie Lane, after a hiker reported what is believed to be a buried body. The incident was reported at 10:52 a.m.
Deputies arrived at the scene and verified that two shoes and a foot appeared to be exposed from a shallow grave on the hillside. The area where the discovery took place is not associated with the cemetery, but is heavily traveled by the homeless population and hikers.
The Sheriff’s Office is coordinating closely with the Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office before any unearthing is performed. At this time, the matter is being investigated as a “death investigation”. Since the body has not yet been exhumed, no further details are readily available. Investigators are also searching old records of any missing persons from the area.
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UPDATE: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said detectives are investigating the discovery of what appears to be a body in a shallow grave containing what is believed to be human extremities. It was discovered in the hills above Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City by a hiker in the area Tuesday morning. Furlong said it is being investigated as a suspicious.
More information will be made available once the coroner investigates, said Furlong.
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A body was discovered Tuesday morning off a trail above Lone Mountain Cemetery. The discovery was made at around 11 a.m. by a hiker. Carson City sheriff’s detectives are at the scene.
An officer who came on scene said the body was in a shallow grave. The scene is considered suspicious and officers have surrounded the area. A crime lab is responding and the coroner has been called.
Crime tape has gone up around and investigators have called it a long term investigation. Detectives have a command post set up off of Northridge and Newridge.
A witness who was walking his dog said he walked past the officers and saw what appeared to be a piece of clothing on the ground.
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