North Attleboro Police Probing Bones Found in Woods

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, MA - Police are investigating bones were found Friday evening in a wooded area of North Attleborough near the Rhode Island town line, Fox25 Boston reports.

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn's office said the bones were found by a resident walking Friday in a wooded area.

The remains, which authorities haven't described, have been transferred to the state Medical Examiner's office so they can possibly be identified, according to Fox25.

A resident told the Attleboro Sun Chronicle that he had been walking his dogs around 5:30 p.m. Friday when he came across the bones. He said he also found tattered clothing with the bones and that the materials, Fox25 reports.

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