Human remains found near Rose Lake

COEUR d’ALENE — The skeletal remains of a human body were found Saturday morning on a vacant piece of land near Rose Lake, according to a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department press release.

Two campers discovered the remains near the Coeur d’Alene River of Highway 3, just south of Rose Lake and north of Killarney Lake, deputies said.

There are no residences in the area where the body was found.

Sheriff’s personnel responded about 10:45 a.m., deputies said. Detectives spent the day processing the scene and collecting the remains.

The body appears to have been at the site for some time, deputies said. Gender and age of the body was unknown Sunday, and there was no apparent cause of death.

The case remains under investigation.