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Willing-Sprinkles-17 OP t1_j8fzn69 wrote

Reply to comment by FedexJames in Medical Examiner by Willing-Sprinkles-17

My guess is someone walking alongside the road got clipped by a car. The number of hit-and-runs in this town is startling.

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SkullKidd_13 t1_j8g6hv7 wrote

Too far from the road to be a hit & run. Looks like a homeless camper may have frozen during the last big temp drop to me.

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4myolive t1_j8gg6mt wrote

You are probably correct but injured people often leave the scene and aren't found for quite some time. Fight or flight kicks in.

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Aimless78 t1_j8gxqba wrote

If skeletal remains, then the person has been dead for more than a few weeks, probably at least a few months.

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Punnchy t1_j92lffb wrote

"In a temperate climate, it usually requires three weeks to several years for a body to completely decompose into a skeleton, depending on factors such as temperature, humidity, presence of insects, and submergence in a substrate such as water."

Time to check the local missing persons lists...

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