Police continue search for human remains

State police continue to comb the sides of Interstates 80 and 380 for human remains on Wednesday, January 30.

Eight bags of parts from a butchered body were recovered Tuesday. Police hoped to use a helicopter for an aerial search today, but high winds make that impossible. An intensive search with 20 officers is planned to start at 9 a.m. tomorrow.

Anyone with information is asked to call (570) 839-7701.

The remains of the light-skinned victim, possibly a woman, were scheduled for an autopsy in Allentown this morning. Body parts including a head and torso were dumped along a five-mile stretch of I-80 and 15 miles of I-380 from I-80 to the Lackawanna County line at Gouldsboro.
The remains were frozen, which may make it easier for investigators to identify the victim. But the parts were too badly chopped up for the victim’s gender to be readily determined.

"It is a more challenging investigation because there are eight crime scenes. Having various scenes makes it challenging and time consuming," said state police Lt. Robert Bartal.