Boots, bones of William Hogan found near ranch
3 p.m.
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Staff Report - Published: November 18, 2009
A police dog discovered the boots and bones of William "Mike" Hogan this morning in the woods lining the Spring Lake Ranch in Cuttingsville, where the Rutland man disappeared in 2005.
The bones, which didn't appear to be broken, were sent to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office for positive identification today shortly after the 11 a.m. discovery.
Investigators and police dogs from across New England searched the woods where Hogan's skull was found by a deer hunter Sunday and discovered more remains - bones, the boots Hogan was wearing when he disappeared and identification cards with his name on them, said State Police detective Lt. Tim Oliver.
The additional evidence was about 100 yards away from where the skull was found, not far from the ranch or Spring Lake where Hogan was last seen May 16, 2005, according to Oliver.
The cause of Hogan's death hasn't been determined but it doesn't appear suspicious, the detective said.
Oliver said he wasn't surprised the man's remains were found some 4 1/2 years after his initial disappearence because the area is heavily wooded and swampy.
He said he did not know if the area was searched before when Hogan first went missing.
Hogan, 28, moved to the ranch from Maryland in 2005 for treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder and at the time of his disappereance was heavily medicated, his mother Sandra Hopkins said in a May interview.
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