Human remains found in trash bag near DeLand Municipal Airport (KDED), Florida

DELAND --  The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said it is investigating skeletal human remains found by a passer-by just east of the DeLand Municipal Airport.

Deputies said a man walking along Oak Street, near International Speedway Boulevard, made the discovery Thursday.

The remains have already begun decomposing and may have been there for some time, deputies said.

According a Gregg Mapp, who lives on Oak Street, one of his friends was cleaning up the area, taking trash bags and throwing them into a trash can, when he came upon some bags with something suspicious inside.

"He saw bones protruding out the back," said Mapp. "He immediately recognized it was bones, and he called the police."

Deputies could not immediately determine the age or gender of the remains. The medical examiner in Volusia County has picked up the remains to conduct an autopsy.

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