Skeleton discovered near pair of children's clothing in crawl space of a vacant Macon home

MACON, Ga. — A skeleton was discovered Monday afternoon in the crawl space of a vacant Macon home near a pair of children's clothing, according to a press release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. 

Now, the sheriff's office is trying to identify the victim and their age  — and figure out how the remains got there.

They say deputies responded to a home in the 1600 block of Pio Nono Lane at around 1 p.m. on Monday after the property owner found human remains on the property.

The sheriff's office then confirmed that the remains were human, the press release said.

Along with the skeleton, the sheriff's office found a small Blue's Clues t-shirt and blue bandana pajama bottoms near the skeleton, the press release said.

The remains were so decomposed that the investigators are unable to determine the age or gender of the remains, deputy coroner Luann Stone confirmed.

The sheriff's office is still trying to figure out the identity of the victim and how long the remains had been in the crawl space, the press release said. They are sending the skeleton to the GBI Crime Lab in hopes of identifying them. 

If you have any information, you are asked to call the Bibb County Sheriff's Office at 478-751-7500 or the Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

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