Human Remains

Police were back at a Queens home on Sunday as the investigation into human remains found in the basement continues.

Harvard University still has the remains of at least 19 people who were likely enslaved and nearly 7,000 Native Americans, according to the school’s newspaper.

A new interagency task force including investigators from the FBI, as well as state and local police departments, will try to solve the decade-old mystery of human remains found strewn along a New York beach highway, officials announced Tuesday. The formation of the Gilgo Beach task force represents a renewed commitment to investigating the unsolved killings of mostly young women…

The remains of a World War II soldier from upstate New York killed in France in 1944 have been identified, defense officials announced Friday. U.S. Army Pfc. Morris E. Swackhammer, 20, of Binghamton was accounted for June 28, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. His family only recently received a full briefing on his identification. Swackhammer was hit by…

A 53-year-old Jersey City woman has been charged with concealing human remains after the body of a 78-year-old woman was found in her apartment Saturday night following a three-hour standoff, prosecutors said Monday. Cheryl Gatling also is accused of possessing a knife for unlawful purposes and making terroristic threats in the case. Attorney information for her wasn’t known. According...

A World War II veteran wounded during the bloody battle of Normandy finally received an honor seven decades overdue. NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos reports.

A company’s plan to retrieve the Titanic’s radio has sparked a debate over whether the famous shipwreck still holds human remains

Chopper 4 was over the scene. Here’s raw footage of the investigation.

Human remains, including a portion of a skull, were found in the yard of a northern New Jersey home, prosecutors say. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the ongoing investigation into the recovery of human bones located at a residential home in Teaneck. The grisly discovery was made during an exterior renovation project. On Wednesday, the Teaneck Police Department was…

Police revealed evidence in one of Suffolk County’s most notorious criminal cases that they’ve been holding onto for nine years. Police believe initials were embossed on a black belt found at the crime scene, but offered no details on where it was found or how it may have been used. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Human remains found buried in Massapequa Preserve on may be those of an MS-13 gang victim, officials said Saturday.

Authorities say a man who was burying a pet in the backyard of the home he rents in Modesto discovered human remains.

A marital dispute apparently led a man to kill his wife, his 7-year-old son and the family dog in their New Jersey home before taking his own life, authorities said Friday.

It’s a largely overlooked but gory reality of the New York City subway system: When someone takes their life by jumping in front of a train, police need to find a place to put the mutilated body until a medical examiner truck arrives.

A 51-year-old man killed his 7-year-old son, 48-year-old wife and the family dog before taking his own life in a quiet New Jersey community, authorities said Thursday.