Atlanta police are investigating after human remains may have been unearthed at a construction site Thursday afternoon.
Police were called to 708 Jefferson Street in northwest Atlanta where workers found the bones, which appeared to be human, according to Atlanta police.
A worker on an excavator dug up the bones, which crew members noticed falling from the excavator, the police report said. Another crew member accidentally kicked what appeared to be a skull as he walked toward the remains.
Homicide detectives and investigators from the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office went to the scene to collect the remains, which will be sent to a forensic osteologist. The bone doctor will investigate the origin of the remains and work to confirm if they are human bones, police said.
On Tuesday, Holly Springs police confirmed that remains discovered earlier this year in woods behind the Toonigh Village Shopping Center were those of a 53-year-old man. The GBI Crime Lab helped police identify the bones. No foul play was suspected in the man’s death, according to the department.
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