- December 17, 2024
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Construction workers unearthed a human bone while working on a new emergency exit for the Toscana development off Old Kings Road the afternoon of July 18.
The bone was sent to the University of Central Florida's anthropology department for testing, which confirmed that it's human. It's not an archeological find, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said.
"At this point, we don’t know if it’s a homicide, if it’s a suicide; it could be a missing person, it could be a homeless person," Staly said on July 19.
Flagler County Sheriff's Office detectives, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Medical Examiner's Office have responded to the site.
Detectives were still on site as of the afternoon of July 19, and may be for days.
"It’s a very time-consuming, labor-intensive process to see if there are other human bones or remains that can be located," Staly said.
Detectives are sifting though mounds of dirt, and will be trying to identify the person who died.
It wasn't clear if the person had died in the location where they were found, or if the construction process might have moved them, Staly said. Workers recently shifted large amounts of dirt to construct a retention pond and install utilities.
The body was found in an area that had been wooded but was recently cleared for construction, near New Leatherwood Drive near the development's southern end. The Sheriff's Office will be protecting the scene and is asking people to avoid the site.
The Sheriff's Office is asking anyone with information on the remains to call the FCSO at 386-313-4911, send tips to [email protected] or submit a tip to Crime Stoppers at 1-888-277-TIPS. Crime Stoppers tipsters may be eligible for an award of up to $5,000.
