Identified! MS - Lowndes Co, Skull found by Dog, Armistad Rd, Mar 2018 * Selvain McQueen*

Deputies with Lowndes County Sheriff's Office received a call about possible human remains in the backyard of a residence on Armistad Road, off Highway 69 South, at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. There, investigators found multiple bones, including the skull.



"I'm pretty confident in saying the bones we recovered are going to be animal bones, but this is definitely going to be a human skull, no doubt about that," LCSO Capt. Greg Wright said.



However Wright said authorities are far from declaring the incident a homicide investigation. He said the skull appears to be very old and doesn't seem to have signs of traumatic injury.

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Deputies are checking the woods and other nearby areas for possible cemeteries where the skull may have come from, Wright said. He added investigators believe the homeowner's dogs found the skull in the woods nearby and brought it to the house, along with the other bones.

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Investigators have been out trying to find the rest of the remains, but this is now one of three unsolved cases like it.
"We're trying to figure out who it might be missing who would for that skull," said Sheriff Mike Arledge.
Arledge explained the first step in the investigation process is to see who a skull could match up to.
"We do have one person who is missing, but we don't want to jump to conclusions because we don't know if it's a male or a female or anything at this time."

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AzPistonsGirl said:

Gardener, you had a feeling in March about this being him, huh?

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...Columbus-2-May-2016&highlight=Selvain+McQueen

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Selvain McQueen ll was reported missing in May 2016.

His wife, Tashika McQueen, told deputies her husband had been missing for about 45 days.

Merchant says McQueen’s remains were found less than a mile away from the home he shared with his wife.
“At this point, there’s not evidence to prove homicide or anything, so this is a death investigation. The sheriff’s department has people on this every minute of the day.”

Merchant says when bones are recovered, they help tell the story of what happened.
“It will tell you something about life from those individuals that you don’t know, the wear and tear of the joints, and so forth, but it’s possible that it will give you evidence as to what caused these people to die in some manner.”

The remains were taken to the Mississippi State Crime Lab, where a positive DNA match was made, but before the match happened, investigators needed a sample.
“They asked for swabs from the subject’s mother and they were submitted to the crime lab. An independent lab was employed to run the DNA profiles of each and we got a match on those two DNAs.”
The investigation is continuing at the sheriff’s department and in a lab, but it could take a while before there are any answers.
“This is not an overnight process. This is not over a thirty-day process. We would like to draw this to a conclusion immediately, but this is going to be very slow, very meticulous moving investigation.”

There could be other remains at the Armistead Road property, but weather has hampered the search.

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