Description

The skull fragment was found by a hiker near Camellia Lake, in Marion county, who thought it was a fragment of turtle shell. She sent the bone fragment to a friend in Maine who upon examination believed it to be human. He sent the bone back and advised her to call law enforcement. The hiker is a resident of Citrus County so she called the Citrus County Sheriff's Office who then turned the bone fragment over to the Maron County Sheriff's Office. The bone fragment was brought to the District V Medical Examiner's Office where it was examined and photographed. The bone fragment was then turned over to CAPHIL. The skull fragment (calotte) represents a young to mid adult of indeterminate sex and ancestry. Perimortem fractures may have resulted from a perimortem gunshot wound or perimortem blunt force.