NM hiker finds jawbone where remains of man found

 

Published: February 2, 2012

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico authorities say scattered body parts have been found in the Gomez Peak area over the past few weeks after a hiker picked up what appeared to be a lower jawbone on Jan. 19.

The medical investigator determined a bone found nearly a week later by a U.S. Forest Service worker was a femur.

The Grant County Sheriff's Office, the medical investigator, members of the Forest Ser...


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