Citizen-organized excavation was hoping to turn up clues to Heather Teague disappearance
Bone fragments found in a wooded area behind Cagey’s General Store in Reed on Monday were determined to be deer and from another hon-human origin, said a Kentucky State Police spokesperson.
Finding the bones was a result of a search that Sarah Teague, the mother of Heather Teague, and supporters organized on Monday, said KSP Trooper Corey King. After bones were found at the site, KSP was called, King said.
According to other media accounts, the group was following a tip that Heather Teague’s remains were buried in a well on the property some 20 years ago.
King said the bones were handed over to the Henderson County Coroner’s Office, who asked an expert to determine what type of bones had been found.
King said the bones were scheduled to be taken to the medical examiner’s office in Louisville on Tuesday to do another check on the bones.
Also at the scene was the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office. Henderson County Sheriff Chip Stauffer said his office was called by Cagey’s owners to provide order at the scene regarding employees of the media. He said deputies moved journalists back from the excavation near Ky. 811, which passes in front of Cagey’s.
Heather Teague disappeared from Newburgh Beach on Aug. 26, 1995, and she hasn’t been seen since. Sarah Teague has looked for her daughter and clues to what could have happened to her since she disappeared.
Just last week, authorities exhumed the body of Marty Dill, a suspect in the disappearance of Heather Teague, from Dill’s gravesite in Fairmont Cemetery. Dill died by suicide before authorities could question him. Authorities were planning to try to get a sample of DNA from Dill’s corpse, King said.
