Students Shove Rotting Calf Carcass Into School's Ventilation System

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DELTA — A cash reward led school administrators to five suspects in a disturbing incident at Delta High.

Custodians and building maintenance staff members found the rotting carcass of a calf shoved into a ventilation pipe at the school Tuesday.

“It was decayed. It was part of a dead calf,” Delta’s Director of School and Community Relations John Jones said Thursday.

Five students were identified, three of whom were said to have actually participated in the mischief. The three have been suspended and all five reportedly agreed to pay restitution.

Jones said the maggot-infested remains found Tuesday were of a head and part of the upper body of a bovine, but it appeared the animal had been dead before the suspects obtained it from one of the boys’ family ranch.

He said the suspects pulled off a ventilation system cap before cramming the animal’s remains inside at 12- to 16-inch pipe. That tampering caused an estimated $1,500 in damages and both police and the health department were called, Jones said.

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