Detectives' K-9 report

INVESTIGATIVE ACTION REPORT

Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department
711 Jackson Avenue E
Oxford, MS 38655

 11/7/2024: AM fog and low clouds
  70° F / 21° C at 8:00 AM,
  64° F / 18° C at 6:00 PM

 11/8/2024: AM fog and overcast 
  59° F / 15° C at 8:00 AM,
  64° F / 18° C at 6:00 PM

Reporting Investigators (R/Is) contacted the Mississippi Crime Lab and requested a forensic K-9 unit to conduct a systematic grid search of the property and buildings at 1305 Mesquite Drive in Oxford for possible forensic evidence recovery in the Laurie Daniels homicide.

The Crime Lab coordinated with the Lee County (MS) Sheriff's Department to provide K-9 units.

R/Is were present during the two-day (November 7 and 8, 2024) K-9 search conducted at the Daniels property. See attached K-9 Unit Report.

The K-9 teams alerted on two distinct areas as locations where human remains were present. Yoknapatawpha County CSU processed both locations.

Location #1

Excavation of the first location, approximately 117 feet NNE of the pool house, uncovered skeletal human remains underneath ground cover and approximately 21 inches of soil.

Preliminary inspection at the scene indicates the remains are female, but further analysis by the Coroner's Office is needed for confirmation and identification of the remains. Time of death could not be determined at the scene.

Just prior to the suspension of processing at the end of the day on this date, CSU technicians uncovered what they believe to be skeletal fetal remains in the same grave, though further examination is necessary to verify that presumption.

Location #2

Excavation of the second location, approximately 225 feet NNW of the pool house, uncovered partially decomposed human remains underneath approximately 27 inches of soil.

Preliminary inspection at the scene indicates the remains are female. The head, arms, and feet are not present at the scene. Further analysis by the Coroner's Office is needed for confirmation and identification of the remains. Time of death could not be determined at the scene.

As of this date, CSU and the Yoknapatawpha County Coroner's Office are still processing the scene and the remains. All evidence was remanded into the custody of Officer Douglas for transport to the State Crime Lab for routine analysis.

Investigation of YCSD Case # 005533-26J-2024 is active and ongoing as of this date.