Police investigating after skeletal remains found in river near Dauphin

Police are investigating after partial skeletal remains were found in a river in western Manitoba on Monday night.

Just before 8 p.m. Monday, officers were called to the Valley River near Dauphin  — about 250 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg — where a swimmer had found what they believed to be skeletal remains in the shallow water, Manitoba RCMP said in a Tuesday news release.

Police said investigators are working with an anthropologist, forensic experts, and search and rescue officials to find out how old the remains are and what led to them ending up in the river.

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