**UPDATE**
Liberty County Judge Craig McNair said that no bodies were found inside the house. Cadaver dogs were inside and found nothing.
A preliminary search by law enforcement officers earlier in the day found evidence of what they believed was blood, but no sign of anything else, leading them to suggest the call may have been a hoax.
A search warrant was obtained and a quick look around revealed nothing out of order. A state law enforcement source confirmed that DPS officials had obtained the warrant and entered the residence, after making a fruitless search of the property.
A foul stench emanating from the house was found to be coming from piles of rotting garbage. And the blood found at the residence was related to an earlier incident, the source told the Houston Chronicle.
A law enforcement source has confirmed that a mass grave with “a lot of bodies” has been found by police on a property near Hardin, Texas, approximately 50 miles northeast of Houston.
Liberty County sheriff’s deputies are currently on the scene at the home where a tipster reportedly told them 25 to 30 dismembered bodies are buried
CNN reports that a federal source confirmed to the cable network that 20 bodies have been found.
Some of the bodies are children, according to the police source.
The tip came in to police Tuesday afternoon, and the tipster claimed that dozens of dismembered bodies were buried in the grave, according to local paper The Cleveland Advocate.
About 15 sheriff’s department vehicles and at least one cadaver dog are on the scene. The Beaumont FBI office has also been asked to assist in the investigation.
Police are waiting to obtain a warrant to further search the property.
(Via CBS)
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