Police & Archaeologists Excavate Body In Backyard

Alabama Mobile  Mobile police and a team of archaeologists from the University of West Florida excavated a body found buried behind a home on Vaughn Drive near Dog River.
by Jamie Burch
Published: Tue, May 19, 2009 - 4:30 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, May 19, 2009 - 6:11 pm CST
7:00 p.m.
- The remains have been removed from what D.A. John Tyson called "a grave."

6:37 p.m.
- Mobile police say around 8:00 a.m., they received a report of a body buried at a home in the 2400 block of Vaughn Drive North.
- Homicide detectives called in the Crime Scene Unit, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, and members of the University of West Florida Forensic Anthropology Unit to begin excavation.
- During the excavation, human remains were discovered. The remains will be taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.

5:30 p.m.
Mobile police and a team of archaeologists from the University of West Florida are in the process of excavating a body found buried behind a home Vaughn Drive near Dog River.

District Attorney John Tyson says its too early to identify the body, but they are treating the case as a homicide.
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