DULUTH — A fourth grade boy attending a “Concerts on the Pier” performance at Glensheen Mansion with his family recently made a startling beachside discovery. Bones. Mark Knutson, an attorney who has volunteered his services to represent the nonprofit Scandinavian Cemetery Association, acknowledged the recent exposure of human remains below the Scandia Cemetery, 3200 London Road.
The find was reported to local authorities several days later at about 1:20 p.m. Aug.
13, according to Mattie Hjelseth, a public information officer for the Duluth Police Department. She said local officers in turn notified the Minnesota state archaeologist’s office and the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office of the discovery, pulling them into the investigation. ADVERTISEMENT Neither agency responded to requests for information regarding the case from the News Tribune on Friday.
While the Scandia Cemetery is located next door to Glensheen, it is not related to or affiliated with its neighbor, said Lynne Williams, chief marketing and public relations officer for the University of Minnesota Duluth, which owns and operates the historic mansion. She said the university learned of the concern and, in cooperation with its chief of police, contacted the city and the county. “That’s really where we’re out of it,” Williams said.
“We said, ‘Hey, this is continuing to be a problem,’ and asked the city and the county to do whatever they could. And I’m not sure what that looks like from t.