On October 8, 2022, at approximately 10:44 A.M., law enforcement officers from the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office and the Clinton Police Department responded to the Clinton County Landfill, after employees of the landfill reported finding possible human remains. The remains, which appeared to be a human femur bone, were turned over to the Clinton County Medical Examiner and then transported to the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner.
On October 11, 2022, the suspected femur bone was examined by a Forensic Anthropologist, working with the State Medical Examiner. The Forensic Anthropologist determined the suspected human bone to be a “professional grade medical replica” of a human femur. The Forensic Anthropologist described the suspected bone as being “made to look as real as possible, from casts of actual bones”. The investigation relating to the discovery of the suspected human remains has been closed.
