Human remains found in remote area

GUNNISON COUNTY - Investigators have their work cut out for them after human bones were discovered in a remote area near Somerset over the weekend.

The Gunnison County Sheriff's Office says someone discovered the skeletal remains on Saturday in a mountainous area amid rough and rugged terrain. Deputies went out and found more bones in the same area on Monday.

Investigators turned the remains over to the county coroner, who plans to work with an anthropologist from Western State College, in an attempt to identify them. Deputies say right now they're still trying to figure out if the remains were of a man or a woman, how old the person was and how long the bones had been there.

According to deputies, if the coroner and anthropologist can't identify the bones, they may have to send them to a CBI or FBI crime lab.

The bones were discovered in an area where the underbrush and growth was 2.5 to 3 feet high and deputies say it was a very lucky find.

Deputies say they are crosschecking missing persons cases in the area and statewide as part of their investigation.

Investigators planned to search the area again this week to see if there are more remains in the area.