SA Police investigate origin of bones found at Kadina cemetery

Police were called after bones were discovered at a cemetery that had no known record of where they’d come from.

South Australian Police have launched an investigation after unregistered bones were discovered in a regional cemetery.

Police were alerted after the bones discovered at Kadina Cemetery did not match burial records on Monday.

Police are investigating the discovery of bones at a Kadina Cemetery, which do not match burial records.

“The bones will be examined by a forensic anthropologist, and it will take some time for forensic results to be available,” a SA Police spokesman said.

“Further information will be provided once more details are known.”

The Kadina Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery about 150km northwest of Adelaide, on the Yorke Peninsula.

A spokesman for the District Council of the Copper Coast, which operates the cemetery, said the police were in charge of the investigation.

“All questions regarding this matter are to be directed to SAPOL,” a council spokesman said.