Discovery Of Human Remains In Peninsula City Probed

SAN BRUNO, CA — The discovery of human remains in San Bruno last month has led to a homicide investigation, police said.

The remains found in a yellow construction bag July 21 in San Bruno have been identified as 37-year-old Dustin Earle Schneider of Vallejo, police said Tuesday

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San Bruno Police Investigative Services Section have identified the human remains located on July 21, 2020. See the press release for information: https://t.co/NpSwIERUBW pic.twitter.com/IHseIUMdE8
— San Bruno Police (@SanBrunoPolice) August 5, 2020

Detectives are working to identify suspects in collaboration with inspectors from the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.

The remains in a large and foul-smelling construction bag discovered by city workers who had responded to a neighborhood request for a roadside cleanup of suspected garbage in brush near Susan and Geoffrey drives.

The San Mateo County Coroner's office conducted an autopsy and determined the person who died was a man, but initially could not identify the remains due to decomposition.

Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact San Bruno police at (650) 616-7100 or sbpdtipline@sanbruno.ca.gov.

Police detectives are collaborating with inspectors from the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office in the homicide investigation.

— Bay City News contributed to this report