Human Skull, Other Bones Found In Forest Preserve Prompt Death Investigation

KANE COUNTY, IL — Authorities have opened a death investigation after human remains were discovered at Raceway Woods Forest Preserve on Sunday, according to a news release from the Forest Preserve District of Kane County.

Police were called to the scene after a Carpentersville resident reported finding a skull in a remote, wooded area at the popular forest preserve.

Forest Preserve District of Kane County Director of Public Safety Paul Burger said forest preserve police responded along with the Carpentersville Police Department, the Kane County Coroner’s Office and the Fox Valley Major Crimes Task Force. The preserve was immediately closed, and a section of the area was cordoned off as investigators worked the scene.

Burger said additional bones, believed to be human remains, were also found nearby. Evidence collected by the Fox Valley Major Crimes Task Force and the Kane County Coroner’s Office was transported for processing and possible identification.

Raceway Woods Forest Preserve was reopened to the public on April 27 while the investigation continues.