A car found buried in a California backyard is being checked for possible human remains, police say - CNN

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Authorities are investigating the antithetic circumstances surrounding the find of a conveyance buried connected a residential spot astir 30 miles southbound of San Francisco successful Atherton, California.

The conveyance was discovered Thursday greeting by landscapers moving connected a task for the existent homeowner, according to a quality merchandise from Atherton Police Department.

“Due to the chartless quality of wherefore the conveyance was buried, cadaver dogs were called to the scene,” the section said. “The cadaver dogs made a flimsy notification of imaginable quality remains.”

San Mateo Crime Lab technicians are presently excavating the conveyance and nary quality remains person been recovered astatine this time, constabulary said.

The conveyance was buried 4 to 5 feet underground with unused bags of factual inside, according to Atherton police, who said they judge it was buried sometime successful the 1990s, earlier the existent homeowner occupied the home.

The motive and circumstances surrounding the burial of the car are being further investigated by authorities.