Here’s what we know: three hikers were a few miles off the Ridgeline Trail when they literally stumbled onto a human hand, and immediately notified authorities. As you can imagine, there was concern that the remains were somehow related to thirteen-year-old Jody Shaw, who has been missing for nearly a week and a half.Unfortunately, yesterday’s confusion led to misinformation. A local radio station reported that Jody’s body had been found, and that story was widely reported for much of the day. However, as of right now, it is not believed that the remains are at all related to the Jody Shaw case. The size of the hand and the state of decomposition led experts to believe that the hand belongs to an adult male deceased for at least a month. There will be a press conference later today to confirm these details.It’s not all good news for the Shaw family. Sources tell us that Nick Shaw, Jody’s eighteen-year-old brother, was taken into custody yesterday afternoon for reasons not made known and given a second polygraph.
