What Happened? Federal investigators discovered a human remains trade with connections to Harvard Medical School and have arrested people in several states. According to prosecutors, the defendants were part of a nationwide network of people who bought and sold remains stolen from the medical school and an Arkansas mortuary. One of those charged, 55-year-old Cedric…

ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—Brazilian search teams have found “apparently human” remains in the river where a British journalist was last seen in the Amazon rainforest, police said on Friday, in what may be the biggest break yet for the five-day investigation. The “organic material” is being sent for forensic analysis, federal police said, along with…

Ontario police say human remains found in the Grand River in Dunnville, Ont., are that of an unidentified young girl. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said officers were called to the scene on May 17 after human remains were found in the river in Dunnville, a community roughly 55 kilometres southeast of Hamilton. In an update…

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif.—Searchers in Southern California have found a body in the Yucca Valley desert, two months after Lauren Cho disappeared in the area. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced Sunday that the human remains were found in rugged terrain in the open desert on Saturday. Now the coroner’s office is working to identify…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—Crews searching for a missing man at Grand Canyon National Park made an unexpected discovery this summer. They found the remains of another person, believed to be Scott Walsh, who was last seen stepping off a shuttle bus at the park’s South Rim in 2015. The clothing had blended in with the surroundings, and…

Metro Nashville Police said that they found possible human remains at the explosion site and that the motive behind the incident is still unclear. “We have tissue that we believe could be [human] remains and we’ll just have that examined,” Chief of Police John Drake told reporters during a press conference on Friday afternoon. He…

Metro Nashville Police said that they found possible human remains at the explosion site and that the motive behind the incident is still unclear. “We have tissue that we believe could be [human] remains and we’ll just have that examined,” Chief of Police John Drake told reporters during a press conference on Friday afternoon. He…