An investigation is underway after human remains were found partially buried in the backyard of a home in Jacksonville, Florida, per reports.
People working on a home on the 5600 block of Sunny Acres Drive in the Magnolia Gardens neighborhood of northwest Jacksonville discovered what appeared to be human feet sticking out of the ground Wednesday, March 13, and reported their find to authorities at 6:48 p.m., Knewz.com has learned.
“Me and my son, we both was here, and we were just looking around trying to see what else we need to do to the house. We put new windows and new kitchen and bathroom. Just trying to make it right for the next homeowner,” the homeowner, who did not want to be identified, told News4JAX. “I want to offer my condolences to the young person or to the person they found at my property. No family at all should have to go through that at all. That’s the first thing I want to say. No family should have to go through that. I don’t know who that is, I don’t know what the situation is.”
The house was undergoing renovations, and a woman who was helping the homeowner do yard work told News4Jax that he found “toes sticking out of the ground,” and they appeared black, as if decomposed.
“We were working inside the house and then the owner came to us and said ‘Hey, there is something here. We have to call 911. I said OK. I was shook,” the woman, who did not want to be identified, told News4JAX.
The woman said it appeared the body parts had been there for some time.
“They were all black and stuff. But I guess that was from decomposing,” the unidentified woman told the outlet. “I just hope that everything gets solved. My reaction to this is just craziness. I would never expect this, especially at a house that I am working at.”
The Jacksonville County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene and stayed with the remains overnight until they could be extricated on Thursday, according to First Coast News.
The sheriff’s office has not publicly identified the potential victim’s remains. The Duval County Medical Examiner’s Office is conducting an autopsy.
The family of a 23-year-old father of three who’s been missing since February showed up at the scene in hopes that the remains were his, First Coast News reported, seeking closure in his disappearance.
“This incident will be classified as pending until the Medical Examiner’s Office can complete their investigation to determine the manner of death,” the sheriff’s office said.
“The body tells you everything about the case and in this particular case, when it’s a buried body, there’s usually some extensive level of decomposition,” News4JAX Crime and Safety Analyst Tom Hackney said.
Hackney said it may take some time for the bodies to be identified.
“It may take days before they actually get to the point where they render a decision that gives to the investigators who this is. Investigators want that quicker because once again when you start that murder investigation to figure out who somebody is, that’s the first piece of the puzzle that you need to try to figure out what happened to them,” Hackney said.
TMX contributed to this report.
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