Identified! LA - Ascension Parish, Human skull & remains behind home, Jan'17 - William Winters

PRAIRIEVILLE — A human skull and other remains discovered in a wooded strip behind an Ascension Parish home touched off an investigation Monday afternoon that’s set to resume Tuesday morning.

Ascension Parish sheriff’s deputies said Monday night that members of the LSU FACES Lab are expected to show up Tuesday to help sheriff’s investigators examine the scene closely for clues to the identity of the person and how the person’s body came to be in the woods.

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The body was found along Germany Road just west of Braud Road and a bit less than a mile east of Airline Highway. The scene is behind a home but is apparently on a separate piece of property.

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Webre said that based on what deputies had found so far, the sex of the person and whether the person died from foul play remained unclear.

He added it did not appear the body had been buried.

The skull appears to have been at the site for a few months, Webre said, but he noted that the two persons whom sheriff’s deputies know to be missing in Ascension have been gone much longer than a few months.

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The skeletal remains found in a wooded area of Prairieville in January have been identified as those of William Winters, 55, Ascension Sheriff's Chief Deputy Bobby Webre said.

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On Jan. 30, deputies responded to a call to a wooded area off Germany Road after a family's dog found a human skull in a wooded area.

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PRAIRIEVILLE — The skeletal remains found in a wooded area of Prairieville in January have been identified as those of William Winters, 55, Ascension Sheriff's Chief Deputy Bobby Webre said.

Foul play is not suspected in his death, Webre said.

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