Remains found near Hampton school are not human, medical examiner says - Daily Press

The remains recovered adjacent a Hampton schoolhouse aboriginal Wednesday day are those of an carnal and not a human, constabulary said.

A landscaping unit was removing leaves and debris from a spot of trees adjacent the Kilgore Gifted Center astatine astir 1:30 p.m. erstwhile a idiosyncratic came crossed a grey and bluish broad with bones wrapped inside.

“I consciousness similar I recovered a baby’s hep bone,” the unit subordinate told his co-workers, according to 1 of those workers, Damien Morris.

The find of the bones caused the Hampton Police Division and its transgression country technicians to travel to the scene. Police past called successful the State Medical Examiner’s Office successful Norfolk.

Hampton constabulary analyse a telephone that came successful for remains recovered successful the woods adjacent to Kilgore Gifted Center successful the 300 artifact of Woodland Road connected Wednesday. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot)

“We are moving with experts to find the quality of these remains,” constabulary said connected societal media conscionable aft 3 p.m.

About 40 onlookers gathered astatine the school, connected Woodland Road and Andrews Boulevard, watching investigators from down yellowish constabulary tape. Some believed the remains were those of Codi Bigsby, a 4-year-old kid whose begetter reported him missing successful January but who has ne'er been found.

At astir 4:30 p.m., Hampton Police spokeswoman Ashley Jenrette said successful a quality merchandise that the Medical Examiner’s Office “confirmed the located remains were non-human, belonging to an animal.”

Police had cleared the country by astir 5 p.m.

Peter Dujardin, 757-247-4749, pdujardin@dailypress.com