Remains found in Kootenai River

According to press release issued last week, the Boundary County Sheriff Office received a report of skeletal human remains on Oct. 12. The remains were discovered on a gravel island in the Kootenai River, east of Bonners Ferry. The remains were found as workers were clearing brush off the island as part of the Kootenai River restoration project. 

The skeleton is mostly intact and appears to have been at that location for a considerable amount of time.

The Sheriff's Office has coordinated with the Boundary County coroner to remove the remains and the coroner has scheduled an autopsy to assist in the identification of the remains.

The BCSO has been in contact with investigators from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office to determine if the remains could be related to any open missing person cases from Montana.

Updated information will be released upon identification of the remains.