Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Human Skeletal Remains Found in Town
Authorities are in the process of leaving the scene after an afternoon of investigating.
What appears to be human skeletal remains were found Thursday afternoon by a cleaning company worker on Sylvan Way, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.
According to Capt. Jeffrey Paul, a spokesman for Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi, a landscaper discovered the remains in the brush line on Sylvan Way just east of Entin Road at about noon. The area is in a deserted section of woods near a string of corporate buildings.
Ivan Gaviria, an employee of The Leon's Cleaning and Services, talked with Patch and confirmed that he and a co-worker were cleaning garbage along the brush line of Sylvan Way and found a garbage bag containing what appeared to be human bones.
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The Morris County Prosecutor's Office Major Crime Unit, Morris County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Section, and the Morris County Medical Examiner appear to have completed their preliminary work.
The Sheriff's Office's command vehicle has departed the scene, along with a number of law enforcement vehicles..
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Parsippany Police still have the area blocked to vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
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