Skeleton found in basement during search for father missing since 1961

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From https://kdvr.com/2018/11/01/skeleton-found-in-basement-during-search-for-father-missing-since-1961/

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Skeleton found in basement during search for father missing since 1961

POSTED 8:38 PM, NOVEMBER 1, 2018, BY TRIBUNE MEDIA WIRE

LAKE GROVE, N.Y. — A New York man thinks he’s finally found his father, who vanished in 1961, and he hadn’t gone far — he was buried all these years in the family basement.

The homeowner, Michael Carroll, 57, was long haunted by his father’s fate, and after years of hunches and even consultations with genealogists and psychics, decided with his family to begin digging out the basement three years ago, but it took a while to find anything. Suffolk Police reported bones were found Wednesday, which was Halloween.

Police were called shortly after Carroll’s sons unearthed the bones at the home near Olive Street and Magnolia Avenue. An anthropologist is now working to determine if the skeleton belongs to Carroll.

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[Docreed2003]

1. Damn....

Sad but interesting story...now I want to know the DNA results on the remains

[brush]

2. I wanna know who killed him? Family members are the usual suspects.

[Docreed2003]

5. Exactly.

This reads like a helluva mystery novel!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. It's either his father's skeleton, or it isn't.

And I'm not sure which is the weirder.

Could this be "death by hoarder avalanche"?

[dalton99a]

6. "Father buried himself with work"

[Docreed2003]

8. I just can't imagine

Searching for dad your whole life, only to find dad is buried in your basement! Now, who put him there!!

[brooklynite]

3. "consultations with genealogists and psychics"

um, okay....

[MontanaMama]

7. So who buried the dad in the basement?

He didn’t bury himself. This is a strange set of circumstances.

[Solly Mack]

9. Now I'm wondering about their old family stories.

Digging in the basement for a relative who disappeared isn't an idea that comes out of thin air.

[maxsolomon]

10. Many basements in 100 year plus old homes are dirt.

It would be possible to bury a body in them. Gotta dig deep tho.

[rufus dog]

11. Strange stuff

Why would the Son dig looking for his father. He was a baby at the time of the disappearance, but something must have provided him some clues. Could be an older family member was the culprit.