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Batavia PD investigating skeletal remains resident may have found and kept since the 1940s

By Howard B. Owens

Press release:

The City of Batavia Police Department is investigating the finding of skeletal remains from a residence on Seneca Avenue. 

The remains were turned over to the Police Department on May 18, 2014 by a relative of an elderly resident on Seneca Avenue. Family members found the remains upon cleaning the house out. The family indicated that another relative, whom passed away in the 1970s, found the remains while at Letchworth State Park in the 1940s or possibly 1950s. 

The remains have been sent to the NYSP Crime Lab in Albany for processing. The processing will be to positively identify whether or not the remains are in fact human and to provide for DNA testing. Results of this testing will not be available for three to four months. 

Anyone with any information is urged to contact the City of Batavia Police Department’s confidential tip line at (585) 345-6370 or visit the city's Web site.

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