June 8, 2021 4:05 a.m.

The investigation continues into human remains found on Saturday near the base of Mt. Nebo, along the Interstate Five southbound onramp at exit 124 in Roseburg.

Saturday detectives from Oregon State Police, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue crews and County Medical Examiner Craig Kinney spent hours combing the area. Along with searching next to the freeway, some involved climbed to the first terrace of the hillside.

This is not the first-time human remains have been found in that area. On June 6th, 2018, workers with the Oregon Department of Transportation were performing maintenance operations along the northbound offramp of the same interchange when they located a nearly full human skull. In December of 2019, OSP said that DNA testing determined the remains were those of Scotty Evenson, who would have been 44 years of age at the time they were discovered. OSP said Evenson, who was from Myrtle Creek, had been reported as missing at some point in the past on a Facebook post, but never to police.

On Monday, OSP Captain of Government and Media Relations Tim Fox told News Radio 1240 KQEN that there is nothing new to report in relation to the weekend discovery.