Phoenix city workers find human remains in sewer line
Jul 21, 2016, 8:37 AM | Updated: 11:26 am
(Twitter Photo/@ClineKathleen)
(Twitter Photo/@ClineKathleen)
PHOENIX — Police in Phoenix were investigating a possible homicide Thursday morning, after city workers uncovered human remains in a sewer line.
A police spokesman said water department workers found the remains Wednesday evening while working on a sewer line near Baseline Road and 55th Avenue.
The Laveen remains were found near this home that's under construction. Live report at 7:30 am @KTAR923 pic.twitter.com/8tnJYLcTOf
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The employees called police when they suspected the remains were of a human.
“They are (adult) body parts,” Officer James Holmes said.
“There’s a victim in there … and a family out there missing someone,” he said.
Because of potential gas leaks, a hazmat team was also called to the Laveen area.
City workers were sent to the site after a customer called in a complaint about his or her toilet not flushing.
