Skeletal Remains Discovered Near Former Homeless Encampment

Nanuet NY

18 March, 2022

4:05 PM

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NANUET, NY — At 10:55 a.m. Friday, the Clarkstown Police Department was called to the vicinity of 300 W. Route 59 after a construction worker found possible human skeletal remains. The location where the remains were found is a small wood next to the New York State Thruway. In recent years this area had been commonly used as a homeless encampment, police said. The CPD Detective Bureau's investigation is in the preliminary stages, and no identification of the remains has been made. At this time there is no evidence a crime has occurred, police said.