WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Human remains were discovered at a Florida trash plant on Tuesday evening, according to West Palm Beach police.
In a release, West Palm Beach police spokesman Mike Jachles said that an employee at the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County called about the remains around 5:25 p.m.
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Those remains were found on the tipping floor — where the garbage trucks dump the trash — at the plant, the release shows.
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According to Jachles, investigators recovered the body parts, which appeared to belong to an infant.
“Until midnight, officers, crime-scene investigators, and detectives searched through trash piles looking for more remains on the tipping floor...” Jachles wrote.
Images released by law enforcement show investigators digging through the trash with rakes and other tools.
Now, investigators are trying to identify the remains, and detectives are examining surveillance video and the plant’s logistics to help with the investigation, the release states.
Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact investigators at (561) 822-1896.
Alternatively, anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County at (800) 458-8477 or by clicking here.
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