A waste disposal employee discovered bags of human body parts in a Southwest Side trash container as he worked his usual route Wednesday afternoon.
The bags containing body parts were found about noon in the 8100 block of South Western Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Gabrielle Lesniak said.
A waste disposal employee discovered what he believed to be human body parts in the garbage, Lesniak said.
Police confirmed the body parts are human, but could not comment on what type of body parts were found, because they are considered evidence in a death investigation, she said.
It was not immediately clear how many bags were discovered, although Lesniak indicated it was more than one.
A Cook County Medical Examiner’s office spokesman confirmed the discovery and said police and investigators remained at the scene as of 4 p.m.
Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.
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