Human bones found in a box in a garage last week in Ohio belonged to a group that used them in rituals more than 100 years ago, police said.
The century-old mystery began Thursday night when a person heard juvenile voices near a detached garage on Werner Avenue in Mount Healthy, about 15 miles north of Cincinnati, police said in a statement Friday.
The person went to the area and found the box in the garage, which the Mount Healthy Police Department said appeared to contain “decomposed human remains.”
Police said the bones once belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a group that was founded as a fraternal organization in the early 19th century and once had a lodge in the city but has long since moved from the area.
The bones were “relics” the group used in rituals, police said.