Body ‘surfaced’ from ground at North Highlands home, official says

Deputies are investigating after a buried body was found at a North Highlands home, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.The body was found Tuesday afternoon in the backyard of a home in the 6200 block of Dundee Drive. The body “had surfaced from beneath the ground” and was found by workers renovating the home, Sgt. Shaun Hampton said in a news release.The homeowner who did not want to be identified said he had to evict the previous tenants because they hadn’t paid their rent for the past year. After going into the home, he found it in deplorable conditions. While cleaning the home and hauling away seven trailer loads of trash, workers spotted what appeared to be part of a leg sticking out of the ground.Investigators spent two days at the home as they processed the scene and found an entire human skeleton buried in the backyard, Hampton said.“At this time, it is not believed the remains are ancient and the matter is being investigated as a suspicious death,” Hampton said.No one was living in the home when the human skeleton was found.

Deputies are investigating after a buried body was found at a North Highlands home, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.

The body was found Tuesday afternoon in the backyard of a home in the 6200 block of Dundee Drive. The body “had surfaced from beneath the ground” and was found by workers renovating the home, Sgt. Shaun Hampton said in a news release.


The homeowner who did not want to be identified said he had to evict the previous tenants because they hadn’t paid their rent for the past year. After going into the home, he found it in deplorable conditions.

While cleaning the home and hauling away seven trailer loads of trash, workers spotted what appeared to be part of a leg sticking out of the ground.

Investigators spent two days at the home as they processed the scene and found an entire human skeleton buried in the backyard, Hampton said.

“At this time, it is not believed the remains are ancient and the matter is being investigated as a suspicious death,” Hampton said.

No one was living in the home when the human skeleton was found.