MORENCI - Police in Michigan are working with law enforcement in Missoula, Montana to determine whether a box containing the remains of three children found at a home there in September could be connected to the Skelton brothers, who went missing in 2010.
Michigan State Police confirmed Thursday evening that a possible link was being explored, though a connection had yet to be made.
Montana TV news station KECI reports that a cleaning crew found a box containing the bones and teeth of three children in a shed at a Missoula home in September.
Testing of the remains determined the ages of the children were 2-4 years old, 5-8 years old and 6-10 years old, according to the report.
Their cause of death was not known.
The remains have been sent to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System for additional testing, according to the report from Montana.
Montana law enforcement officers were looking to interview a person of interest in the case earlier this week.
In 2010, three Michigan boys from Morenci, Mich. went missing after being last seen in their father's backyard on Thanksgiving Day.
Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton were 9, 7 and 5 at the time of their disappearance.
The boys' father, John Skelton, was convicted of unlawful imprisonment of the boys, but he never revealed their location.
Tips can be provided to police at www.michigan.gov/michtip or by calling 517-636-0689.