EAST CHICAGO — The Lake County Coroner's Office said late Tuesday morning it is working with a family as part of efforts to identify human remains discovered Sunday evening along railroad tracks in East Chicago.
The office is reportedly seeking dental records.
"We are not releasing sex, or age until we have more information," the coroner's office said. "We do not want to give any family members false hope."
Daniel Pasco is charged with two felony counts of child molesting, records show.
The discovery comes about a week after police discovered a badly decomposed body in the basement of an East Chicago home.
That body discovered Jan. 30 has since been identified as 30-year-old Clarissa Victoria Almodovar, whose family had not heard from in a year, authorities confirmed.
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On Sunday, a person walking in the area of 149th Place and Parrish Avenue in East Chicago reported finding what looked to be a human skull in a grassy area near the tracks, police said.
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Officers arrived around 5 p.m. and confirmed the presence of the skull and contacted the Lake County Coroner's Office and Lake County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force.
"A further search of the area was conducted, and the bottom jaw of the skull was also located," police said.
Investigators reportedly returned to the site Monday to search further and located a jacket and part of a vertebrae. The search was assisted by a drone and police dog.
"The Coroner’s office is working on identifying the remains," police said. "At this time, it appears the remains might have been there for quite some time. A more accurate timeline and cause of death will be determined at a later date."
