Sheriff’s office: Bones found at Harmon house belong to a deer, not a human

March 28, 2025 at 11:16 am CDT

Emblem of Lee County Sheriff's Department, seen on a squad car on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Shaw Local News Network file photo)

DIXON – A rumor that circulated Thursday on Facebook about possible human bones being found at a home in Harmon has been confirmed as false.

A Facebook post suggested that the owner found human bones while renovating. However, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office informed Shaw Local on Friday that the bones were confirmed to belong to a deer.

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