Lee County sheriff's investigators have been unable to identify the body found in woods Wednesday afternoon along the Lee-Collier county border, according to an incident report.
Skeletal remains of an unknown person were discovered at about 4:35 p.m. by a Bonita Springs man walking his dog near Channel 30 Drive and Old U.S. 41, the report said.
No information is provided about the sex or age of the person found. Foul play is not suspected.
POSTED EARLIER
Human remains were discovered Wednesday in a wooded area along Old U.S. 41 near the Collier-Lee county line, Lee County sheriff’s officials said.
Deputies received a call about the body at about 4:45 p.m., Lee County sheriff’s Sgt. David Velez said. An identity was not available Wednesday night.
Investigators roped off the woods on the south side of Old U.S. 41, between Channel 30 Drive and a “Welcome to Bonita Springs” sign.” It wasn’t immediately clear how long the body had been in the area.
There isn’t believed to be a threat to the community, Velez said.
Roger Hoffman, part-time manager of ACE Storage, located next to the scene, said he spoke with investigators who shared a few clues — that a decomposed body had been discovered, with cans and a heavy jacket nearby.
“From what I understand, it looked as though somebody had been there in terms of the soda cans and beer cans in that area,” Hoffman said. “It would indicate to me that it wasn’t just a body dumped or a body killed.”
Train tracks run through the wooded area cordoned by investigators, and Hoffman said bikers and walkers often can be seen alongside the tracks. But Hoffman has seen few people inside the dense trees where detectives searched.
“It’s a secluded part of the woods,” Hoffman said. “The local people don’t cut through that part of the woods, so that’s probably why it was undiscovered for a long time, but we don’t know yet whether it was a natural cause of death or homicide or suicide.”
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Comments » 20
Heraclitus writes:
Remains?
Maybe one of those 2 guys that have been missing after seeing that depouty?
Maybe just someone wandered away from his keepers?
dab writes:
I think that group opposing St Matts in Bonita came across a homeless person, who they say doesn't exist, and killed him. Voila! No more homeless problem in Bonita.
dmarko326 writes:
“This is real fluid,” Velez said.
whaat?
fluid??
putrification???
ZuneNaples writes:
Fluid = changing
woodguru writes:
Lee /collier border? NDN you finally reported the truth
mr_1_term_proposition writes:
That's what happens when the L.I.N.C. busses started rolling. The Bonita garbage infiltrates Naples and people die.
fair2all writes:
Dab is probably right and just because there were "cans" next to the body beer/soda/whatever....probably solidifies it! You ignorant cheap retirees created the problem that you want to ignore now! While you are living on your pensions for your UNION or CORPORATE 401K/stock shares....many of the Americans are now homeless down here because you chose to hire the cheap, uninsured (no workers comp) labor! Up North it's considered Tradesmen, down here you forget all that and just consider the cheapest labor! Next time your roof leaks or pipes, etc and you want to B-T-H, think about the people that could have done it right the 1st time and they might just be the BONES found in the WOODS!
Shaawe writes:
“Welcome to Bonita Springs”
IMSufrin (Inactive) writes:
That about sums it up
IMSufrin (Inactive) writes:
I always see skeevy looking Hispanic homeless dudes wandering aimlessly all up and down that road, and on the train tracks, like a scene from the Walking Dead. I'll bet you'd find plenty more bones, if anyone cared to look.
Gifted1 writes:
Love the Bonita bashers....What about when a man beheads his wife in North Naples? Or a man butchers innocents in a Cracker Barrel in rural Naples? or when not one, but two young ladies show up dead at a prominent car dealers home in Port Royal?.......Crime is all around you, and committed by all races!
Brynn writes:
My thoughts EXACTLY RE the Deputy!
Shaawe writes:
Ya gotta love the Naples bashers too, don't ya?
Gifted1 writes:
Bash one, bash all I say. I love this imperfect world we live in!
OP writes:
Obviously, wooded areas kill people, ban wooded areas.~
SaintGypsywitch writes:
jimslade48,
The 48 must mean your I.Q.. No, that would be too high for you. You post some of the most idiotic and moronic dribble on these boards. Keep up the good work.
IMSufrin (Inactive) writes:
Just think - pretty soon it won't be "human remains", but will be "what remains of humans"
JohnDoeNJ writes:
Or the guy who stabbed an old man 75 plus times last October.
They like to think their ishh don't stink until it happens in their backyard... Then they try their best to cover it up and move on.
greathornedlizard writes:
snakebite.
SaintGypsywitch writes:
You win the "Idiot of the week award" for your ignorant post. I bet you claim to be a Christian also. What a joke that is.
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