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Skeletal remains found by George County hunters

LUCEDALE, Mississippi -- Hunters in northeast George County discovered human skeletal remains on Sunday, Sheriff Dean Howell said in a news release today.
The remains were found in a wooded area at approximately 10:00 a.m., he said.
The George County Sheriff's Office, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are working together to determine the identity of the remains.
The skeletal remains were transported to the Mississippi Crime Lab for forensic and DNA analysis.
No further information is being released at this time.
If anyone has information about the remains, please contact the George County Sheriff's Office at 601-947-4811 or Crime Stoppers at 1-877-787-5898.