Police are investigating after human remains were found in a large plastic container last week in a New Jersey neighborhood near New York City.
Police were called around 10:30 a.m. to Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, Friday to investigate reports of a suspicious container in the street when they found the remains, according to a statement from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. Ridgefield Park is about 13 miles west of New York City.
A spokesperson for Musella’s office declined to comment on the investigation Saturday.
The Ridgefield Park Police Department, the prosecutor’s office, and the Major Crimes Unit within the prosecutor’s office—which handles homicides—are all investigating, Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Elizabeth Reiben said.
The investigation will look into all suspicious deaths: “There is no explanation,” Reiben said.
She declined further comment.
