Skeletal Tests Will Take Until Mid-August

It may be mid-August before the origin of bones found in the Snoqualmie River is known, the King County medical examiner’s office said Monday.

A forensic anthropologist will try to determine how many people the bones are from, along with the people’s race, sex and the age at death.

The bones appear to be several decades old, the medical examiner’s office said. King County police estimated the bones were more than 50 years old.

One skull was hooked Sunday near Fall City by a fisherman who saw it on the bottom through the clear water. Police divers found other human bones.

Fall City Fire Chief Chris Conner said there was an underwater bone trail about 500 feet long. He said he saw five or six lower jaw bones and noticed there was no dental work on the teeth.