Lauren Spierer Update: Skeletal remains found may help in missing IU student case
(CBS/WISH) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Bloomington Police Department says they are waiting for DNA results on skeletal remains found in Newton, Ill., to discover if the remains are in any way related to the case of missing IU student Lauren Spierer.
According to CBS affiliate WISH, the bones were found in the woods on March 10, about 100 miles west of Blooomington.
Capt. Joe Qualters of the Bloomington Police Department, said his department is awaiting the DNA results.
The Indiana Daily Student reports that Jasper County, Ill., Sheriff Ed Francis said the remains were given to an anthropologist a week after they were found.
"We, like many other agencies with an active missing persons case, are waiting for the results from their investigation to see if it has any relevance to our case," Qualters said.
"There are no results as of yet," he said. "(The investigation) is primarily, at least, to give us direction of the sex of the person."
Francis said he does not know how long it will take or how much detail they will receive.
Spierer was last seen about 4:30 a.m. on June 3, 2011 at a downtown intersection after a night of partying with friends. A friend she was with that night told police Spierer walked home alone after being at a sports bar and a few downtown apartments.
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