Likely human remains found in Queens parking lot, NYPD says

"Authorities were investigating Tuesday after they discovered skeletal remains in a Queens parking lot Monday afternoon, according to the NYPD. Police said workers for a surveying company who were in the area spotted what turned out to be a skull, legs and a hip bone in the wooded lot on 20th Avenue near 132nd Street in College Point. The surveyors called 911 around 4 p.m. to report the incident, leading officers to the scene."

"Officials said the remains were likely human, but city medical examiners were still working to determine their origin and the cause of death. The wooded area is near a shopping center filled with commercial buildings. The discovery comes a week after police launched an investigation into tarp-wrapped human remains found by city sanitation workers along the edge of Queens' Idlewild Park. Authorities gave no indication the incidents were related."

Skeletal remains believed to be human were discovered Monday afternoon in a wooded parking lot in College Point, Queens. Surveyors for a surveying company found a skull, legs and a hip bone on the lot near 20th Avenue and 132nd Street and called 911 around 4 p.m., which brought police to the scene. City medical examiners were examining the remains to determine origin and cause of death. The wooded lot sits adjacent to a shopping center with commercial buildings. The discovery follows, by one week, an unrelated investigation into tarp-wrapped human remains found near Idlewild Park; authorities indicated no link between the incidents.

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