15-05-2025
Scrapyard worker makes gruesome discovery in car towed to lot, NC cops say
Human remains turned up in a macabre way when a scrapyard worker took a closer look at one of the junked vehicles sitting on the lot, according to investigators in North Carolina.
The discovery was made late in the afternoon Wednesday, May 14, at Leonard Salvage on Old US Highway 52 near Lexington, the Davidson County Sheriff's Office said. The scrap business is about a 60-mile drive northeast from Charlotte.
'An employee with Leonard Salvage located human remains during their shift, which were removed from a salvaged vehicle on their lot,' the sheriff's office said in a May 15 Facebook post.
'Detectives ... and special agents with the North Carolina state Bureau of Investigation are actively processing the scene.'
The remains 'will be sent to the North Carolina Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy,' the State Bureau of Investigation said in a news release.
The identity of the person and possible cause of death have not been released. Details about the vehicle were also withheld.
Leonard Salvage is in the scrap metals recycling business, including the purchase of car parts, according to
