Up to 20 human skulls have been found in a home in New Mexico, and police believe that one of them may be connected to a woman’s disappearance more than five years ago.
The Lea County Sheriff’s Office said that a resident offered a ride to a man later identified as Cecil Villanueva. During the ride, the resident said they had an “unsettling encounter” with Villanueva, police said.
Police say that Villanueva had been carrying two bags with him and “made alarming statements and discarded objects from the vehicle, some of which appeared to be human bones."
When police searched the area where they say Villanueva discarded the bags, they found bone fragments, which a pathologist confirmed came from a human, the sheriff's office said.