Overview
- A passerby called 911 around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after spotting a skull in brush off the Riegelmann Boardwalk between West 32nd and West 34th streets, police said.
- NYPD and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner searched the area, and additional remains were located at the site on Wednesday, according to ABC7 reporting cited by Fox News.
- Fox News reported that officers recovered arms, legs and other bones from heavy brush, while some body parts were still unaccounted for.
- A forensic anthropologist confirmed the skull is human and is working to date it and develop a possible age estimate and reconstruction, CBS News reported.
- The person’s identity and cause of death have not been determined, and officials have not verified suggestions from unnamed sources that the remains were there for an extended period.