Memphis dog-walker makes haunting discovery: Bones of 3 children

A dog-walker successful Tennessee helped lead investigators to the find of unidentified remains of 3 young children successful a lawsuit that Memphis’ constabulary main is calling "disturbing." 

The Memphis Police Department revealed Wednesday that an probe has been ongoing since March 8 aft the remains of the children, believed to beryllium betwixt the ages of 3 and 7 years old, were recovered successful an country adjacent a religion and simple school. 

"Someone knows of missing children that we person discovered successful this area," Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said. "This is heartbreaking, it’s disturbing and astatine this clip we person galore resources to assistance america to place these young radical and bring closure to this investigation." 

Davis added that authorities fishy the bones, which were recovered successful a "heavily vegetated area," person been determination for a fewer years and there "is nary denotation of immoderate progressive menace to our public."

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An probe has been ongoing since March 8 successful Memphis, Tennessee, aft 3 sets of quality remains believed to beryllium to young children were recovered successful a wooded area, constabulary said. (Memphis Police Department)

The Memphis Police Department released photos of investigators searching done the woods. 

"The cognition involves astir 170 unit and is being carried retired successful collaboration with the Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office, with assistance from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, national partners, and the Memphis Fire Department," the section said successful a statement. "Investigators are conducting a systematic and methodical hunt of a defined country betwixt Ridgeway Road and Winchester Road in an effort to locate additional evidence." 

Police accidental the probe began connected March 8 aft an anonymous caller "reported a imaginable quality skull adjacent a wooded area" and "responding officers located what appeared to beryllium a human skull astatine the borderline of the woods."

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Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said Wednesday, April 22, 2026, that determination is nary progressive menace to the nationalist pursuing the find of the quality remains. (Memphis Police Department)

A fewer days later, "cadaver K9 units alerted to a adjacent drainage pipe, indicating the imaginable beingness of additional human remains," constabulary said. 

On April 1, investigators recovered what "appeared to beryllium an additional skull" wrong the drainage system, and the pursuing day, "search teams conducted different coordinated canvass, resulting successful the betterment of fourteen additional bones accordant with human remains," Memphis constabulary besides said. 

"Identification is ongoing, and investigators are moving to determine both the identities of the individuals and the circumstances surrounding their deaths," constabulary added.

Laquita Singleterry, a section parent, told FOX 13 Memphis that the find is "really heartbreaking."

"And I truly anticipation they find retired who they beryllium to," she said. 

The Memphis Police Department said the probe began aft a canine walker "reported a imaginable quality skull adjacent a wooded area." (Memphis Police Department)

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"I consciousness atrocious for those children," added genitor Tonya Richmond. "It’s truly bittersweet that it happened successful the assemblage close crossed from a school… idiosyncratic would dump children."