Hammond Police Conducting Death Investigation
Around 5:30pm Tuesday Hammond Police were seen conducting a death investigation in a wooded railroad area off the 20 block of Marble Street. A large police presence was seen by eyewitnesses before The Lake County Coroner arrived at 6:45pm. Hammond EMA was on scene with large lights to make the scene more visible for detectives as the sunset. The location is located behind the Djuric Trucking Company on Hohman Ave. We have reached out to the Hammond Police for an update on the situation and will provide more details when that occurs.
UPDATE – On Tuesday, March 10th, at approximately 5:15 p.m., the Hammond Police Department received a call in reference to possible human skeletal remains found off of Marble Street near State Line Avenue, according to Lt. Steve Kellogg of the Hammond Police.
Officers arrived and spoke with a reporting person who stated he was walking his dog and came across the remains near a wooded path. Officers were able to identify the skeletal remains as human, Kellogg told RNS.
A death investigation into the identity of the individual, and cause of death, is on-going. An exact age of the remains has yet to be determined. More information will be released as it becomes available, Kellogg stated.
