Skeleton found near highway sent for identification

A human skeleton discovered off the interstate in Kenosha County has been sent to Texas for identification.Last week, the Kenosha Police Department recovered the skeleton just off I-94, near Highway 158. Lt. Brad Hetlet said police don’t know anything about who it belonged to.He said the remains will go to the Center for Human Identification at the University of North Texas, home of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NAMUS). Police hope the victim will be given a name there.Hetlet said NAMUS makes it easier for police agencies to identify bodies dumped far from their homes.The bones were found about 12 miles from the Abandoned Haunted House.Visitors usually attend owner Corey Stephens’ haunted house in search of entertainment, but it sits on a stretch of interstate that has seen some real-life horror. It’s been a dumping ground for murderers looking to get rid of bodies.“Everybody’s talking about ghosts and the reality of ghosts, and people get pretty freaked out over that stuff,” said Stephens.Hetlet seems to agree.“Oh, it’s creepy,” he said. “It’s creepy.”Racine County is investigating its own body ditched on a rural roadside. Officials have been trying to identify a Jane Doe for 17 years.Investigators exhumed her body last summer in a continued effort to identify her and her killer.Hetlet said the police department isn’t sure if Jane Doe and her killer were related.Get the WISN 12 NEWS app

A human skeleton discovered off the interstate in Kenosha County has been sent to Texas for identification.

Last week, the Kenosha Police Department recovered the skeleton just off I-94, near Highway 158. Lt. Brad Hetlet said police don’t know anything about who it belonged to.

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He said the remains will go to the Center for Human Identification at the University of North Texas, home of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NAMUS). Police hope the victim will be given a name there.

Hetlet said NAMUS makes it easier for police agencies to identify bodies dumped far from their homes.

The bones were found about 12 miles from the Abandoned Haunted House.

Visitors usually attend owner Corey Stephens’ haunted house in search of entertainment, but it sits on a stretch of interstate that has seen some real-life horror. It’s been a dumping ground for murderers looking to get rid of bodies.

“Everybody’s talking about ghosts and the reality of ghosts, and people get pretty freaked out over that stuff,” said Stephens.

Hetlet seems to agree.

“Oh, it’s creepy,” he said. “It’s creepy.”

Racine County is investigating its own body ditched on a rural roadside. Officials have been trying to identify a Jane Doe for 17 years.



Investigators exhumed her body last summer in a continued effort to identify her and her killer.



Hetlet said the police department isn’t sure if Jane Doe and her killer were related.





