Remains of multiple children between 3-7 years old found in Hickory Hill
Law enforcement is investigating after the remains of three children were discovered in Hickory Hill.
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Remains of multiple children between 3-7 years old found in Hickory Hill
Law enforcement is investigating after the remains of three children were discovered in Hickory Hill.The FBI is assisting MPD with the investigation in the area of Ridgeway Road and Winchester Road.
During the press conference, MPD Chief CJ Davis reported that the remains of three children between the ages of three and seven years old have been found in the area of Ridge Meadows Road and Ridgeway Road.
MPD states that the investigation began on March 8, when officers responded to a call about a suspicious person in the 3400 block of Ridge Meadow Parkway after a woman walking her dog reported a possible human skull near a wooded area.
Officers located what appeared to be a human skull at the edge of the woods.
On March 9, officers and the medical examiner’s office returned to the scene to continue the search.
On March 10, investigators, the medical examiner’s office, and Shelby County Search and Rescue conducted a thorough search. K9 units alerted to a drainage pipe, suggesting possible remains, but none were found.
On April 1, investigators accessed the drainage system from a nearby location and located what appeared to be another skull.
On April 2, search teams conducted another coordinated search, recovering 14 additional human remains.
Chief Davis stated that bone fragments were the only remains recovered from the crime scene, and based on the medical examiners’ and scientists’ work on these investigations, it has been determined that the bones have possibly been there for a few years.
MPD is working to identify the three children and the cause of death.
