Tests planned on child's skeleton found in Idaho badger hole
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An Idaho sheriff says skeletal remains of a child found protruding from a grave being used as a badger den could have been buried for as long as two decades.
Elmore County Sheriff Mike Hollinshead tells the Idaho Statesman (http://bit.ly/2pBNA3l) in a story Tuesday that the child appears to have been between the ages of 1 and 5.
The remains were found Saturday in southwest Idaho north of Mountain Home by workers with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
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Hollinshead says archaeologists determined the remains aren't from Oregon Trail emigrants or part of a Native American burial ground.
He says a forensic examination of the remains is planned to try to determine the child's sex and how long the remains have been buried.
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Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com