Two people walking in Dumbarton Oaks Park in Washington, D.C., this weekend found a body, police said.
D.C. officers were called shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday to a wooded area near the 3300 block of Whitehaven Street NW for the report of human remains found, police said.
Two people walking spotted a person lying in a homeless encampment near the Whitehaven Trail and contacted authorities, according to the police report.
DC Fire & EMS responded to the scene and determined the person was dead, police said.
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Authorities said they have not yet identified the remains nor determined if they were those of a man or a woman.
Whitehaven Trail is located near a commercial and residential area close to the U.S. Naval Observatory.
A death investigation is underway. More information was not immediately available.
