Coroner’s Office expected to identify remains found in Woodside area
By the end of the week, the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office expects to have DNA analysis completed that could identify the human remains discovered by a resident last month in the Skylonda/Woodside area.
Skeletal remains were found, along with some clothing items, near Kebet Ridge Road around 9 a.m. on April 12, according to the coroner’s and sheriff’s offices.
Someone contacted investigators with information on whose remains they might be and detectives contacted the person’s family members, who live outside of California, according to the Coroner’s Office.
The Coroner’s Office said there weren’t any signs of a struggle and that the person did not appear to have suffered any traumatic injuries. Officials are not sure how long the body was in the area, which is west of La Honda Road and is heavily wooded, with a meadow at the top.
An identification card was found in the vicinity of the remains, according to the Coroner’s Office.
—Angela Swartz
Suspect arrested in Woodside grass fire
A 20-year-old transient was arrested May 14 near Woodside for allegedly starting an illegal campfire that spread to nearby grass, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded at 11:39 a.m. to a grass fire in the 1100 block of Kings Mountain Road, while firefighters also responding noticed someone leaving the area on a bicycle.
Deputies found a man and learned that he had started a campfire earlier in the day and tried to extinguish it, but it ended up starting the grass fire, sheriff’s officials said.
Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze without incident or injury, and the man was booked into county jail on suspicion of starting an illegal campfire.
—Bay City News Service
