An Alaska Marine Highway System worker in Ketchikan made a gruesome discovery over the weekend. Ketchikan police responded to a report of a human body discovered on Sunday along the tideline near the local Alaska Marine Highway System ferry terminal. Police said in a statement that it was clear the human remains had been “exposed to the elements for an extended period of time.”
Ketchikan Deputy Chief Derek McGarrigan said in an email that the remains hadn’t yet been identified. He declined to release further details on the case.
The remains were sent to the Alaska State Medical Examiner’s Office in Anchorage to be examined. The investigation is ongoing.
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