Danville Police say human remains have been found in an abandoned burned down house. Police Sergeant Eric Olson of the Danville Police Criminal Investigations Division says officers were called shortly after 7 o’clock Thursday morning (October 10, 2019) to the abandoned home at 205 East Third Street (in South Danville) on a report of possible human skeletal remains being found.
Sergeant Olson says police determined the remains were possibly human and contacted the Vermilion County Coroner. The Coroner’s Office has determined the remains are human…and the scene was turned over to Illinois State Police Forensics.
Danville Police are asking that anyone who has any information regarding this incident that might help in the investigation to give them a call at (217)-431-2250.