Remains of at least 2 people found in yard

Sunday, August 20, 2006 DREXEL, Mo. (AP) — The remains of at least two and as many as six people were found in a rural Missouri yard where investigators discovered bone fragments, sheriff's officials said. The remains were found on the ground early Saturday on property northeast of Drexel in western Missouri after deputies working a theft case received information about the remains, Cass County Sheriff's Cpl. Kevin Tieman said. The deaths appeared to "drug-related" and were not "random acts," Tieman said. The most recent remains were several months old, Tieman said. One man was in custody on unrelated charges, Tieman said. He would not identify that man or say if he owned the property. An anthropologist identified two separate sets of remains from the bone fragments, Tieman said, but authorities believed there were more. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.