A human skeleton is found in an abandoned building at UC Berkeley that has not been used for ‘many years’
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A human SKELETON is found in an abandoned building at UC Berkeley that hasn’t been used for “many years,” and police say there are no missing person reports to help them identify the remains.
- A human skeleton was found in an abandoned building on a UC Berkeley campus.
- It is not known how long he has been there, there are no open missing persons cases.
- The skeleton was found on the university’s mainly residential Clark Kerr campus.
- It can take anywhere from two weeks to two years for a body to completely decompose.
A human skeleton was discovered in a disused building on the UC Berkeley campus.
The “skeletal” remains were found Tuesday in a building on the Clark Kerr University campus that has not been used for “many years,” university police said.
It is not yet clear how long the remains were there or whether they were those of a man or a woman, but authorities said more information will be provided after an autopsy.
Police confirmed that there are no open missing person reports from the ‘campus community’.
A human skeleton was discovered in Building 21 on the UC Berkeley campus. The graffitied building has not been used for ‘many years’
It’s not yet clear how long the remains were there or whether they were those of a man or a woman, campus police said.
The remains were found inside Building 21 on January 10 and students were notified via an alert three days later on January 13.
Skeletonization is the final stage of decomposition of a human body. Various factors, such as temperature and humidity, will drastically alter the time it takes to reach that stage, but it can take anywhere from two weeks to two years from death. according to the american scientist.
A man who was working in the area at the time of the discovery told KTVU that there was a significant police presence in the area.
“We saw a lot of police activity. There was a construction site. They were sort of demonstrating everything in this building, and all of a sudden they stopped. The next day we saw the coroner come. Lots of police activity,’ he said.
The mainly residential campus is made up primarily of student accommodation, but is also home to a swimming pool, among other sports facilities.
A man who was working in the area during the discovery Tuesday told KTVU that there was a significant police presence in the area.
He suggested the discovery was not surprising given that homeless people have been known to take shelter in the abandoned building, which is currently covered in graffiti.
‘I’m not very surprised. There is a lot of homeless activity here, so it was an abandoned building, so I thought something like that probably happened,” he added.
The Clark Kerr campus is made up primarily of student housing, but is also home to a swimming pool, among other sports facilities.
The Clark Kerr campus (highlighted in yellow) is one mile southeast of the university’s main site.
An autopsy will be conducted and more information will be released, authorities said.
The residential buildings on the Clark Kerr campus are designed in a “Spanish Mission Style” and offer students access to scenic hiking trails in the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve.
“We understand there are many questions and we anticipate that the coroner’s report will provide additional information,” police said.
“We do not anticipate that this investigation will disrupt the activities of residents on the Clark Kerr campus.”
The Alameda County Coroner’s Office is investigating.