Skeletal remains discovered in abandoned building near Happy Jack Road; LCSO investigating 11%

By Garrett Grochowski6%

7/24/2026, 12:41:07 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Status Quo Bias, and Indoctrination, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 32.6% saturation with 47 hits. Analysis detected 211 faulty-reasoning hits from 144 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 27.8% and a BS Rank of 11% (19,559 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 89.40% of the article peer group.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.  The Laramie County Sheriff's Office said Thursday that deputies discovered "essentially skeletal" remains in an abandoned building off of Happy Jack Road on Wednesday night. 
According to the department in a Facebook release, deputies were called to the 8800 block of Happy Jack Road after receiving a report of human remains. 
Responding deputies found a body that was nearly fully decomposed. 
The sheriff's office and Laramie County coroner are now working to ID the body. 
The investigation may take several months due to the condition of the remains. 
"Currently, there is no evidence to suggest foul play or a threat to the community," the sheriff's office said. 
It added that there will likely no further releases regarding the body until identification is complete and next of kin is notified. 
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2speakers58%attributed speech61writer words
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Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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