Oct 13, 2008 7:59 pm US/Eastern
Bones Found In Woods Are Not Of UMass Student
DARTMOUTH (AP) ―
-
-
Volunteers have been searching for Charlie Allen for nearly a year.
FindChalieAllen.com
Authorities say bones found by volunteers searching for a missing college student are not human remains.
Greg Miliote, a spokesman for the Bristol district attorney, tells The Standard-Times of New Bedford that the medical examiner's office determined Monday night the bones found earlier in the day are from an animal.
About 200 volunteers began a search over the weekend for UMass-Dartmouth seniorĀ
Charles Allen, a Haverhill native who also went by the name Neil Maximus. He disappeared without a trace from the campus a year ago.
The bones were found in a wooded area near Lucy Little and Old Westport roads. A police search of the woods where he was last seen turned up his sneakers and backpack last year.
(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)