Skull found in backpack near Oregon highway
A human skull was found near Interstate 5 in northern Oregon, authorities said Wednesday.The discovery Monday morning was reported by members of an Oregon Department of Corrections cleanup crew, the Oregon State Police said in a statement.The find, near Keizer, a suburb north of Salem, was initially reported as a suspicious object. State police, who seized the item for investigation, described it as a skull inside a "small" backpack.The remains, believed to be that of a woman between the ages of 30 and 40, were decomposed and had "no identifiable features," state police said.The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office will…
