OMI not able to identify bone fragments

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - The office of the medical examiner was not able to determine the identity of the person whose partial skeletal remains were found near Elephant Butte Lake in 2011.

The remains were found by a state police team after they were tipped to the location by a visitor who found other remains in the area weeks before.

That visitor called police after seeing coverage of the FBI's search for victims of suspected serial killer David Parker Ray in that area.

The FBI talked about the find back in 2011.

"Pretty weathered it's hard to tell how long they have been out there because of the sun and the water affecting them so we are going to look at them a little bit harder and process them a little more," said FBI Spokesperson Frank Fisher.

According to the autopsy report the fragments were part of an adult human femur and tibia.

However an OMI spokesperson told KRQE News 13 most likely no DNA will come from them which means they will not be able to identify the person.

The discovery of the remains was particularly interesting because of where they were found, it was in an area of Elephant Butte Lake that was once underwater.

The FBI has started searching the east side of the lake in late 2011 sighting new information that remains of some of David Parker Ray's victims may be there.

Investigators say Ray kidnapped and sexually tortured dozens of women during a decades long spree, but they also believe he may have killed as many as 40 women, however no bodies have ever been found.

"David Parker Ray admitted himself that he had abducted people from other states," Fisher said.

Even though OMI was not able to determine an identity or cause of death, the FBI is not giving up on the bones just yet.

Fisher says the bones are at the FBI lab in Quantico for further analysis.