The remains found over the weekend behind Barton Memorial Hospital have been identified.

It is still unclear how Inyowen John Shelton died or ended up at that location. Officials have called the case “suspicious.”

Shelton was a 2004 graduate of South Tahoe High School.

“The cause of death is still pending as the investigation is on going,” Jacob Groen with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department told Lake Tahoe News.

People on a dog walk found the body on June 25.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report