On Monday, June 30, at 11:42 a.m., the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office was notified that a citizen had found what appeared to be skeletal remains of a human in a wooded area near Lake Julia in the town of Pelican.

The Sheriff’s Office responded to the area and did locate skeletal remains of a human.

The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office and the Oneida County Medical Examiner are continuing their investigation into the skeletal remains and the circumstances surrounding this death.