Human Remains Found In 2014 Identified
By Staff, 02/11/17 5:26 AMHOPE – A statement from the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Department released February 10, 2017:
Human Remains Found On Red River In 2014 Are Identified
On 9/8/2014, a group of hunters found a human cranium on a sandbar on the Red River near Fulton, Arkansas. The cranium was submitted to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory. The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory shipped the remains to the Center For Human Identification at the University of North Texas Health Science Center where they were transferred to the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology on 9/30/2014.
The Hempstead County Sheriff’s Department received the findings of the Forensic Anthropologist today, February 9, 2017.
The findings are as follows:
The cranium is consistent with a young Amerindian male. Based on the condition of the bone, the anatomical and cultural features seen in the crania, and the recovery context, these remains should NOT be considered medically significant.
The practice of fronto-occipital modification was common in the Caddo Indians prior to the arrival of the French in Louisiana in the late 17th century (Bennett, 1961). Given this feature and the recovery location within the historic Caddo and distribution, it is possible that these are the remains of a Caddo Indian.
