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POLSON, Mont. (AP) Lake County officials say human remains were found in Big Arm last week and have been taken to the state crime lab in Missoula for identification and to determine the cause of death.

Sheriff's Lt. Mike Sergeant says the remains were found last Thursday. Experts from the state crime lab and the University of Montana archaeology department helped process the scene.

Sergeant says the remains appear to have been there for several years.

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