Remains found by Bayview hiker confirmed as human

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the bones found by a hiker near Bayview, Idaho are human. A hiker who was hunting for antler sheds found the skeletal remains Wednesday afternoon in a forested area above Cape Horn Road, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Detectives spent all day Thursday searching the area and recovering the bones. They are believed to belong to a human adult of an unknown gender and race.