Police seek owner of home where human bones were found

Las Vegas police are trying to locate a man who owns a central valley home where what may be human remains were discovered in the backyard Saturday.

Detectives describe the man as a person of interest and have not ruled out the possibility that the remains could be those of his wife, Las Vegas police said Sunday.

The Clark County coroner's office will release the victim's identity after an autopsy. Police did not name the man, who had not been located as of early Sunday afternoon.

On Saturday, at about 11:16 a.m., a resident of the home at 1301 Gold Ave., near Vegas Drive and Martin Luther King Boulevard, called police after he found bones while digging in the backyard.

Police said a married couple had lived in the home before the current occupant. Police said they were canvassing the neighborhood to learn more about the couple.

A woman who answered the door at the home in question declined to comment Sunday afternoon.

Carlos Yanez, a neighbor who only spoke Spanish, said at least two different couples lived in the home in the past several months.

The house is now leased by an Asian family. Yanez said he didn't know much about the homeowner.

Several other neighbors declined to comment.

Ricky McDonald was mowing a lawn Sunday afternoon on Gold Avenue. He had heard about the bones found in the nearby home and was saddened by the development.

He's hoping foul play was not involved. "Hopefully, it's a natural, and not the other way around," he said.

Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to call the Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Section at 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.

Contact reporter Antonio Planas at aplanas@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.