The Telling Remains
In a case like this, a forensics team will generally require around a week’s worth of dedicated investigation before they can establish whose remains they are looking at, and how they ended up in such a shocking state to begin with. The reason why they had so frantically halted John from summoning backup was that they had virtually wrapped up the case before they had begun. It had all somehow fallen into place, even if John was perplexed.
The Amusing Terror
The forensics specialists had quickly realized that they would not need to use much of their skills and equipment to crack this case, seeing as the skeleton was in fact not real. It seemed like some genius had decided that placing this rubber skeleton inside a tree was a fantastic way to prank someone. The team chuckled as they shared the news, but John was not completely convinced that this was a harmless situation, given that his old partner Kyle had been so adamant on its discovery.