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Decades-Old Human Skull Uncovered Near Towson Cemetery, Second Bone Sparks Police Investigation

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Published on October 19, 2024
Decades-Old Human Skull Uncovered Near Towson Cemetery, Second Bone Sparks Police InvestigationSource: Google Street View

An unsettling discovery was made in Towson when a human skull was unearthed in a wooded area bordering Pleasant Rest Cemetery, Baltimore County police have disclosed. The skull, found near the intersection of Kenilworth Drive and Bosley Avenue, was confirmed by the medical examiner to be human and believed to have been resting at the site for several decades, as reported by WBALTV.

In a separate but seemingly related incident, a bone was found Friday night by a member of the public in proximity to the Towson Station shopping center, coincidentally not far from the earlier grim finding. This led the Baltimore County Police to cordon off the area as a crime scene. The police department's crime lab technicians were dispatched to determine the nature of the bone police said, as per Fox Baltimore.

Authorities are continuing the investigation around Kenilworth Drive and Bosley Avenue, an area now stippled with the presence of patrol cars and investigators. The discoveries made so close together in time and proximity have beckoned a thorough examination of the woods that also witnessed a modest bustle of bystanders and local shoppers taking note of the police activity across from the Towson Station, which was documented by Fox Baltimore.