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Human, dog bones are foundCay MBarTh« n*gl«t»fAnaholm police examine an area akmg Santa Ana Canyon Road where human bonee were found by a conetructlon crew foreman Monday.Remains near Canyon Road in Anaheim; ID, cause of death soughtBy Bill KoeeenThe RenterANAHEIM - The skeletal remains of an adult human being and a dog were discovered side by side Monday morning by a construction crew foreman in a brushy area about 30 feet from Santa Ana Canyon Road.Authorities said the bones, which included a human skull, had been there about two years. Anaheim police homicide investigators were called to the scene, but authorities said they did not know if foul play was involved.He or she might have been hiking with their dog when — who knows? Orange County Deputy Coroner Richard Rodriguez said. The cause of death is officially listed as questionable.Searchers collected a complete skull, two femurs — or thigh bones — | pelvis, an arm, and what appeared to be dog bones scattered over a 25-* foot area about a half-mile east of .'Eucalyptus Drive in northeast Anaheim. The area is surrounded by housing tracts and overlooks the Riverside (91) Freeway.Rodriguez estimated that the partly charred bones had been there about two years, based on the fact that a brush fire swept across the site in the fall of 1982. He said the bones may have been scattered by animals.The bones were discovered about 7:15 a.m. by Jesse Loza, foreman of a Macco Construction Co. crew laying pipe for Pacific Bell telephone lines. Loza said he stumbled onto the remains minutes after Joking to his backhoe operator to “watch out for dead bodies.Chief Deputy Coroner James Biesner said it could take at least three days to determine the identity of the body,A key to the investigation is the teeth. The state has a missing-per-son’s file that uses dental records for identification, Rodriguez said. Dental records are considered more accurate than fingerprints.The skull found Monday had its teeth — which were “full of fillings — intact, Rodriguez said. The bones were bleached white by the sun.The site was roped off with bright yellow flagging by police Monday to prevent passers-by from disturbing I It.Investigators picked through thehigh brush for evidence, dropping skeletal remains into brown grocery bags.About II a.m., 15 members of the | volunteer Anaheim Police Explorers search-and-rescue group, armed with ; shovels, joined the search.The dog bones were found next to the skull.Judy Suchey, an anthropologistfrom Cal State Fullerton, was called in to help determine the sex and age.It is not unusual to discover human bones in undeveloped areas of Orange County, but they are most often remnants of ancient Indian burial sites. Rodriguez said. They are often found during the excavation of new housing tracts. Anaheim police Sgt. Bill Wright said.
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