A group hunting in a Massachusetts state forest Saturday morning discovered the skeletal remains of two people, along with an abandoned car and a suicide note, authorities said.
The remains were found deep in the Freetown-Fall River State Forest, a 5,000-acre wooded area in Southeastern Massachusetts, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III said in a statement.
Police received a call just before 10 a.m. Saturday from the hunters, who were in the forest for the opening day of pheasant season, the Fall River Police Department said.
The hunters directed police to a Honda Accord located far into the forest off Copicut Road, an access road.
Arriving at the person’s location, local police, Environmental Police and Massachusetts State Police troopers found the remains of two adul