Skull found on 102 River

A Kansas State University anthropologist determined that a skull found on the 102 River is of early American Indian ancestry.

A person found the skull Aug. 19, while searching for arrowheads along the river, Investigator Sgt. Steve Whittington said.

The skull was found one and a half miles north of Barnard on the 102 River.

The person immediately reported the skull to the sheriff's office who responded to the scene.

The skull was immediately sent to a forensic anthropologist for study.

To his knowledge, it is the first time a human skull was found in Nodaway County, Whittington said.

It is almost impossible to know where the skull came from because of flooding on the 102 River, Whittington said.

The county coroner, a Missouri State Patrol officer and anthropologist Mike Finnegan from Kansas State University were all involved in the investigation.

The person who found the skull wishes to remain anonymous.

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