The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office is investigating human bones that a farmer discovered Monday in a field.

Deputies responded to the area of I-35 and Granite Avenue near Pattonsburg, Monday around 12:41 p.m.

According to a news release, a local farmer had discovered a shotgun and possible human bones in his field. The Daviess County Coroner was called in and when the scene was processed numerous human bones were recovered.

The department said the firearm was confirmed stolen from the Kansas City, Mo. Police Dept.   The incident is related to a stolen Kansas City Police Car that was found abandoned in Daviess County on I-35 near the 75 mm in August of 2014.

As we previously reported, a homeless Kansas City man was charged with robbery and resisting arrest after police said he stole a squad car, led officers on a high-speed chase and abandoned the vehicle on a rural stretch of I-35 near Pattonsburg in Aug. of 2014.   30-year-old Joshua Boyd was charged with stealing the cruiser. Before the theft,  according to probable cause documents Boyd allegedly told an officer he was schizophrenic, off his medication and was afraid people were after him.  Authorities found the squad car but continued patrolling the area in case Boyd surfaced.

The remains found Monday in the field are being forwarded to the Kansas City Crime Lab for DNA testing.