Unidentified person, Bland County, Virginia (2015)

On August 14, 2015 a deputy with the Bland County Sheriff's Office requested an investigation concerning the recovery of human remains. A dispatcher with Bland County Sheriff's Office revealed that two AEP sub contractors from Environmental Solutions and Innovations Incorporated recovered some human remains near the truck escape ramp on Interstate 77. The contractors put the remains in a white trash bag and brought…

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