Mobile police say human remains found in wooded area in west Mobile

MOBILE, Al.
Human remains were found in a wooded area in far west Mobile this afternoon, officials said today in a news release.
The name of the victim was not immediately released, and investigators continued to work tonight to establish the age, race and gender of the person whose remains were found. Cause of death had also not been established this evening.

Police received a call about 1:16 p.m. Upon arrival police found some bones believed to be human in a wooded area where a Public Works Department crew was clearing, police spokesman Cpl. Christopher Levy said.
The scene where the remains were found is on city-owned property at the north end of Myland Avenue, which runs parallel to North Cody Road a block east and about half a mile north of the Cody-Overlook-Howells Ferry triple intersection.
The city property is normally gated and closed, and a sign on the gate warns that hunters and trespassers would be prosecuted. A dirt road runs from the gate, curving right and down toward what police said was the scene where the remains were found.
Three pieces of earth-moving equipment belonging to the city remained at the scene this evening as night fell.
The nearest home to the scene, just south of the gate, is vacant and boarded up. The Canadian National Railway tracks run east and west near the scene, about 150 yards to the north.
Homicide detectives will continue to investigate the incident. If anyone has information about this incident, please call the Mobile Police Department at 251-208-7211, Crime Stoppers at 251-208-7000, or text to 274637 and include the keyword CRIME 411.