Children find skeletal remains while playing near a creek, investigators say

CNN Newsource on March 30, 2026

The coroner said the bones' may have been in this location for five to 10 years.

By Haley Rimmel

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    ANDERSON COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — Officials in Anderson County are investigating after a group of children found a skull while playing near a creek.

Deputies say the skeletal remains were found in the Homeland Park area Sunday afternoon.

Several agencies responded to Lawrence Road and after investigators did some digging, 40 to 50 bones were found.

The coroner said the bones’ may have been in this location for five to 10 years.

The investigation is still in its early stages, but an anthropologist will walk the creek bank with officials on Monday, according to the coroner.

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