An investigation was underway in Florida on Thursday after the remains of an infant were dumped at a trash plant.
A Solid Waste Authority worker called 911 on Tuesday around 5:25 p.m. to report the grisly discovery at the SWA Renewable Energy Facility on North Jog Road in West Palm Beach.
“We found possible human remains on our tipping floor,” the caller told 911, per WPBF.
West Palm Beach Police spokesman Mike Jachles that the “tipping floor” is where garbage trucks stop to dump their hauls.
“The load was apparently cleared, and the body parts that were found by that worker remained on the floor,” he told reporters during a press conference on Wednesday. “That stunned worker then alerted people at the facility.”
When officers arrived on the scene they combed through mountains of trash and rubbish, some of them working by hand, others using rakes and shovels, in a bid to locate any additional remains. Jachles said that as of midnight, no other body parts had been found.
Authorities are still working to determine the identity of the remains recovered. No other details about the body has been provided.
“As far as exact age, type of body parts, they’re not releasing that,” Jachles told reporters.
An investigation into the matter is ongoing. Jachles said authorities are hoping to use surveillance video “to track the movement of trucks coming in to see if they can identify what truck could have brought these remains in,”
He added: “And from there, the investigation will work backwards into what was that truck’s route.”
