“They’re going to try to piece together the different bones that they have to create the skeletal portion of the person to see if they can locate any identifying marks that may lead them to what the cause of death is."

Human skeletal remains were found Monday in a residential septic tank in Newberry.

Alachua County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Sims said the remains were found at 21701 NW 52nd Place in Newberry, and were confirmed by detectives, the Medical Examiner’s Office and forensic anthropologists from the University of Florida Pound Lab — a human identification lab.

Sims said detectives are currently pursuing a death investigation, but that could change depending on the findings from the Medical Examiner’s Office or Pound lab.

“They’re going to try to piece together the different bones that they have to create the skeletal portion of the person to see if they can locate any identifying marks that may lead them to what the cause of death is,” Sims said.

Deputies received a call around 9:50 a.m. Monday after large bones were found while the septic tank was being pumped. The homeowner had previously complained of septic issues before calling a septic repair company, Sims said.

“The septic tank company began pumping the septic tank this morning and began having some clogging issues and that’s when they discovered several bones that appeared, to them, to be human remains,” Sims said.

Deputies, detectives, medical examiners and anthropologists soon arrived and determined the bones to be human, Sims said.

Sims said he could not release what type of bones were found, but said detectives are searching for any remaining bones.

Property records show Jathan Sean Barnes and Lesa Ann Delauder own the mobile home where the remains were found and bought the property from Wilfred James Schutt in June 2016.

Sims said the current homeowners are considered witnesses in the case.

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