Bloomington Police know very little about the human remains found in a field southwest of downtown. They do know that they're not connected to the Lauren Spierer case.
Spierer is the Indiana University student who disappeared in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011 following a night drinking with friends.
The bones were found in a field off Rogers Road Monday afternoon by a worker in the area. The field, which is partly surrounded by trees and high grass, is in an industrial area.
Police and forensic experts worked through mid-afternoon excavating the site.
Capt. Steven Kellams with Bloomington Police said, "Based on everything we see now, there is no indication this is related to the Lauren Spierer case."
Asked why, Kellams explained, "Based on what we can observe with regards to the scene, the status of the body, the size of the bones."
Spierer was very petite.
Still, he said there was nothing indicating the race, age or gender of the person found, nor was there any indication of how the person died or how long the bones had been there.
"It depends on weather. Weather can change everything, the decomposition. We had a warm winter, warmer than usual and that can have an effect," Kellams said.
He did said the bones weren't buried, but found on the surface with clothing remnants nearby.
While police keep track of all open missing persons cases in the area, he said there was nothing indicating who the individual might be.
He said the remains will be turned over to forensic anthropologists, adding cases like this one can take months, even years to solve.
