A timber crew planting trees in rural Clackamas County came upon human remains earlier this month, and the person’s death is being investigated as a homicide, authorities say.
The county sheriff’s office said Friday that a Weyerhaeuser crew found the remains, which include a human skull, two weeks ago at a work site in a steep ravine off a private logging road southeast of Molalla.
The remains predate the devastating wildfires that swept through the area in September, deputies said, and clothing scraps suggest the remains may have been at the location “for some time.”
Authorities recovered items including a white, low-top canvas athletic shoe, size 9 u00bd, and a dark gray metal ring with a squared red stone.
