Description

On 5/08/2024 the Yuma County Sheriff's Office contacted the Medical Examiner's Office in reference to skeletal remains located in the desert area southeast of Aztec, Arizona. The remains were initially located by US Border Patrol agents on patrol in the general area. Deputy Bermudez later recovered the remains. No personal items or clothing were located on or around the remains. The remains consisted of a mandible with teeth, and nine different bones. The remains were recovered and transported to the Yuma County Medical Examiner's Office where samples of the mandible and teeth were retained pending possible DNA analysis.