Danby skull possibly from one of two missing girls

State police investigating the discovery of a skull in Danby said Thursday that the age and gender of the remains fit the description of two long–missing teenage girls.

Forensic examiners have pieced together that the human skull belonged to a young white woman but won’t know more until dental records or DNA samples reveal the woman’s identity.

But while little is known about the remains or how the skull arrived on an embankment along Danby Hill Road where they were found Sunday, state police said Thursday it’s possible the remains could belong to Brianna Maitland, missing since 2004, or Heide Wilbur, who disappeared in 1991.

In a statement released Thursday, state police said Maitland and Wilbur, both 17 when they were reported missing, “could potentially meet the age range criteria of the Caucasian female in this case.”

Read the full story by Brent Curtis in the Rutland Herald, with discussion of the missing persons cases and their custodian >>>