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Forensic teams have been unearthing additional bones in the wake of last week's discovery of a human skull along a U.S. 89 frontage road in Davis County.
Davis County sheriff's Sgt. DeeAnn Servey was not at liberty Tuesday to provide details on what sort of bones, in addition to the skull found by a hiker near Fruit Heights on Feb. 5, had been recovered.
"They were transported to the [state Crime Lab] to begin the process of identifying the [deceased] individual," she said, "[but] I can't comment on the specificities of the bones."
Servey had said earlier that the skull itself had been in the area where it was found "for some time," but questions about exactly how long, as well as the gender of the person or cause of death, were yet to be answered.
Servey acknowledged that the skeletal discoveries had generated a spate of rumors about whether the bones belonged to a missing person, or even a victim of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy.
"All of that are just rumors, about Ted Bundy," she said, adding that along with numerous other possibilities, "We will follow any leads that this evidence generates."
Bundy confessed to having assaulted, kidnapped and murdered 30 young women and girls in seven states between 1974 and 1978. Four of his victims were from Utah; a fifth Utah girl escaped him.
Bundy was executed in Florida's electric chair in 1989.
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