After finding everything but the feet, the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has a good shot at identifying the human remains found in Cutten earlier this week. But for now, details about the person are few and speculative.

“Everything’s pretty intact,” Deputy Coroner Charles Comer said. “With this much of the body, we have a shot at identification.”

On Thursday, an engineer reported finding human bones in what appeared to be a transient campsite while working northeast of Redwood Fields in Cutten Wednesday evening. Deputies from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and Coroner’s Office personnel responded and confirmed the remains are human, but no cause of death had been determined by Friday.

Comer said there is no evidence of foul play, but didn’t make a conclusion on whether the cause of death was natural.

“It looks like a natural death, but that’s just an observation,” Coroner Frank Jäger said. “Nobody seems to indicate that there’s anything suspicious.”

“If we don’t find trauma, we’ll be looking at some kind of exposure issue,” Comer said.

A preliminary examination has led investigators to believe the remains to be those of a male, but the Coroner’s Office is being careful about making a conclusion about the person’s gender.

A large amount of personal items, including clothing, shoes, sunglasses, a backpack and bicycle, were found as well, many of which appeared to belong to a man. Though Comer said he wouldn’t draw any conclusions, he said the clothing appeared to belong to a man and that the remains had been lying in the woods about two years.

“I think we carried more weight out in clothing than remains,” Comer said.

His analysis is also partly based on dated materials found with the remains.

Newspapers from July 2006 and October 2006 were found among the personal items, Comer said.

On Friday, a sheriff’s detective and evidence technician returned to the site to search and process the area for more information.

Over the weekend or on Tuesday, an anthropologist will look at the bones to determine the sex and give an indication of how long the person has been deceased, Jäger said.

“It’s what we call a preliminary examination to give us a direction on where to go next,” he said.

The teeth and dental work will also be examined, Comer said, and the personal belongings will be carefully sifted through to make sure nothing was overlooked.

There were no obvious distinguishing characteristics found on the bones, Comer said. “It’s an interesting case,” he said. “Now it’s a matter of cleaning him up and checking him out.”