Hikers stumble upon human remains off Arizona desert trails, police say
Hikers in the Monolith Garden desert hills near Kingman discovered human remains Sunday, Jan. 16, Arizona police said.
Two hikers found the remains about a quarter-mile from an improved trail and notified police, the Kingman Police Department reported in a news release.
The remains “had been exposed to the weather for a significant time” but were identified as human in origin, police said.
The case is being investigated as a suspicious death. The remains do not appear to be related to any missing persons cases in Kingman in the past year, police said.
This story was originally published January 20, 2022 at 12:09 PM with the headline "Hikers stumble upon human remains off Arizona desert trails, police say."