PALMDALE, calif. — A 13-year-old boy who went missing in Palmdale after he became despondent over being suspended from school for fighting has shot himself to death in Kern County, authorities said today.

Nigel Hardy was found in Kern County around 8:30 p.m. Monday and taken to Antelope Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials.

PALMDALE, Calif. — Authorities today found more human remains near a Palmdale location where a human skull was found on Sunday.

The first discovery was made about 4:50 p.m. Sunday in the 6200 block of West Avenue N, said Deputy Irys Alvarez of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau.

This morning, sheriff’s homicide detectives and coroner’s office investigators searched the area “and found more human remains,” Deputy Rich Peña said.