Investigation ongoing after human skull found in Plymouth

Police were investigating an area in Plymouth last week where a human skull was found earlier this month.

Plymouth police closed off the area of South Street and Route 3 on Thursday for the ongoing investigation, according to a statement from the department.

On March 6, a person in a designated hunting area near Route 3 was searching for shedded deer antlers, according to a police report. He then found what he assumed to be an animal skull buried under leaves, but after further inspection, he believed the skull was too round for an animal.

The hunter reported the find to Plymouth police around 9:30 a.m. that morning, according to the report. An officer also determined that it was not an animal skull and more so resembled a human skull.

A detective joined the scene and described the skull to be missing its nasal and jaw and said it was “green in color and appeared to be weathered,” according to the report. The detective sent photographs of the skull to a state forensics lab scientist, who also believed it to be human.

A member of the Massachusetts State Police detectives division collected the skull on March 7 for further forensic analysis, according to the report. No results have been made available.

According to the report, the State Police detective said, once an age and gender can be determined, he would be interested in using a database from the Plymouth Police Department that can generate reports of missing people within the past five years to identify the skull.

Any identifying information about the skull is currently unknown.

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