Smithsonian Institution To Investigate Mason County Remains

• {West Virginia}...At 8:00 A.M. Tuesday morning, a team from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., will start investigating at the site where West Virginia State Police say a group of people looking for arrowheads stumbled upon a shallow grave and human remains Sunday night near Duncan Creek Road near Gallipolis Ferry in Mason County. The West Virginia State Police crime scene unit did an assessment of the remains and decided to call for more reinforcements. Sgt. E.B. Starcher, with the West Virginia State Police, confirms investigators have estimated the remains have been in the area for days. Duncan Creek Road is closed to the public.