Police: Workers Covered Bones to Keep Job AP, phillyburbs.com, PA
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Construction workers tried to cover a skeleton they found when they dug a trench along North Street, a Burlington Police detective said.
"They were concerned it would shut down the job site," Detective Sgt. Andi Higbee said Monday. Higbee was called June 19 to investigate the discovery at the project.
The skeleton, now being examined by University of Vermont archaeologists, is thought to be the remains of a soldier from the War of 1812 -- one of as many as 500 soldiers who died in Burlington during the war.