Human remains found in Elk Park

On the evening of Monday, June 26, two juvenile boys from Butte hiking in a remote area near Elk Park stumbled upon what no hiker, camper or other explorer hopes to find: human remains.

The remains, decomposed to a skeleton, were sent to the State Crime Lab in Missoula, according to Jefferson County Sheriff Tom Grimsrud, and have yet to be identified.

“The cause and manner of death are under investigation with the assistance of the Montana Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation,” read a June 27 Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.