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CANF060510; Alberta 2nd set is not ancient
Topic Started: May 11 2006, 06:38 AM (280 Views)
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May 11, 2006

Remains found, foul play unlikely
By SHAWN LOGAN, CALGARY SUN

Two sets of human remains found in close proximity near Gleichen yesterday aren't believed to be the result of foul play.

RCMP Sgt. Patrick Webb said human bones were discovered in a farmer's field near the town of Mossleigh, about 50 km southeast of Calgary, just hours before a second set was spotted by boaters on the Bow River on the Siksika First Nation.

"There's nothing so far saying it's foul play," Webb said.

The first set of bones was found around 9 a.m. and, while the investigation was ongoing, a second find was reported about 20 km away at about 3:30 p.m.
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Two sets of human bones found near Calgary
Last updated May 11 2006 09:12 AM MDT
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RCMP are investigating the discovery Wednesday of two sets of human remains near Calgary.

The first set of remains was found near Mossleigh, 50 kilometres southeast of Calgary, by a farmer who was working in his fields.

The other set was discovered on the banks of the Bow River, 20 kilometres northeast of the first site, by boaters travelling through the Siksika First Nation.

RCMP Sgt. Patrick Webb says there is no apparent relationship between the two sets of bones.

"All the evidence that we've gathered at the scene [doesn't] show any linkage between the two, so we don't have any indication that they are related at all," Webb said.

Webb says police will conduct an intense grid search of both scenes Thursday and will use K-9 dogs to gather further evidence.

"We're still finding more, we have members on scene and we're just looking into determining how many human bones are there," Webb said.

Investigators have not yet identified the remains and don't know if foul play was involved.
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May 11, 2006

Remains lack connection
No connection between two sets of human remains found east of Calgary this week
By TARINA WHITE, CALGARY SUN

Police say there is no connection between two sets of human remains found east of Calgary this week.

Human bones were discovered Wednesday in a farmer’s field near the town of Mossleigh, about 50 km southeast of Calgary, just hours before a second set was spotted by boaters on the Bow River on the Siksika First Nation.

“We don’t feel that they are connected,” said Gleichen RCMP Corp. Jim Wong.

Skeletal remains found on the reserve likely washed out of an ancient Indian burial site during last year’s flooding, said Wong, who consulted with a Siksika elder.

At the second site, a dozen Gleichen RCMP and Calgary police officers scoured a farmer’s field on Thursday, five km north of Mossleigh for further evidence.

The bones are scattered throughout the football field-sized piece of land, said Wong. “It’s possibly predator action,” Wong said about wildlife that may have dragged the remains.

The bones were discovered by the land owner while he was mending fences on the empty property.

He told police he hadn’t seen the remains when he was in that section of land a year ago.

Wong said it’s too early to comment on the suspicious nature of the scene or how long the remains may have been in the field.

Gleichen RCMP are being supported in the investigation by the Calgary Major Crimes Unit. Miles Marshack of the Calgary Major Crimes Unit said the medical examiner will now try to identify both sets of remains and determine the cause of death.

“We will take our lead from the (medical examiner),” said Marshack.

The results likely won’t be available until next week.

- With files from Stephanie Hancock, Vulcan Advocate


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RCMP Search Gleichen Area After Bones Found In Two Areas
May 11, 2006.
Mounties were out early this morning, searching through tall grass in a field near Mossleigh, Alberta after an area farmer made a grisly discovery.

"He phoned and he said he was fencing and he located some remains out in the field," says RCMP Corporal Jim Wong.

Human bones, including a skull, found scattered in the undergrowth. Each one is now marked by a piece of red or yellow tape. No clothing, no jewelry, no clues, just the human remains. How long they have been there is still anyone's guess.

"The landowner advised us yesterday (Wednesday), that he was out here last May and that was the last time he returned to the area to check his fences," adds Corporal Wong.

Gleichen RCMP had only just started to investigate the discovery, when another similar call came in.

About 20 kilometers away, a second discovery. This time the bones were found on the banks of the Bow River on the Siksika First Nation. The bones appeared old, lodged into the muddy banks. A conversation with area elders put the mystery to rest.

"On the reserve here, pretty much every hill, there's graves."

Elder Clifford Many Guns says the area is a burial ground. At least 20 bodies have been buried into a cliff there over the years. Spring floods continue to erode the cliffs, revealing the distant past.

"(It) must be over 150 years or something like that," notes Many Guns.

"We've completed that scene basically, and we gathered most of the remains from there and we won't be going back there," confirms Corporal Wong.

But that does not explain the other remains. RCMP say it is possible the area was used as a body dump.

"We're just looking for any further remains that might have been taken out from the one scene that we're at and we're just doing a ground search right now," says the RCMP spokesman.

A medical examiner will now look at the bones and try and determine whether they're from a man or woman, and then try and confirm an identity.

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