When police received an anonymous tip of possible human remains buried in Galveston last week, highly trained rescue dogs scoured the site for clues. They found the smell of a corpse, but it wasn’t new.
After a thorough search of the site – located on the 2300 block of P½ Avenue – Galveston police investigators determined on Tuesday that it contained no new human remains. Instead, the K-9 Alpha Search and Recovery Unit had sniffed out the exact spot where a man’s body had previously been excavated in December 1996.
Investigators, aware of the 25-year-old’s crime scene, conducted an “extensive” search of the site “to eliminate any possibility of another potential victim,” Galveston police sergeant Derek Gaspard said Tuesday. in a press release.
Police are confident there are no other bodies at the site, Gaspard said.
In the process, they gained a new admiration for the abilities of rescue dogs.
“This is a true testament to the Alpha SAR’s K-9 capabilities in locating the exact location of human remains that were recovered over 25 years ago,” Gaspard said.
