Remains belonged to a man
Just got of the phone with the coroner's office and the human remains found in the Angeles National Forest over the weekend were those of an adult male.
A human skull was found Saturday by a hiker and his son near Mount Wilson Road and Red Box Canyon Road.
An autopsy on the remains — which also include a mandible, or lower jaw, and some other bones — was completed Thursday, said Ed Winter, assistant chief of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
The bones belonged to an adult male and are possibly a year old, he said.
Winter said that because some teeth were recovered, police may be able to match dental records of missing persons with the remains to identify the John Doe.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is handling the case.