The human remains found by a construction crew last week in a Santa Ana streetcar-maintenance yard were determined to be of Native American descent, coroner officials said on Monday, Sept. 21.
Wednesday morning, Sept. 16, contractors working at 2008 W. 5th St. on the OC Streetcar had reported finding the bones six feet underground while digging a trench, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said.
Rib cage, arm and leg bones were among the those unearthed, police said. Orange County Coroner’s officials and an archaeologist later confirmed that the remains belonged to a human, Bertagna said.
The bones were then determined to belong to an indigenous person, though unknown if male or female, and would be turned over to a Native American organization, Orange County Deputy Coroner Kelly Keyes said on Monday.
