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LONG BEACH, Calif. – A festive holiday <\/a>gathering ended in a disturbing discovery Sunday evening after a family participating in a community Easter egg hunt found a human skull wedged in the dirt at a popular Long Beach<\/a> park.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The gruesome discovery was made at DeForest Park and Wetlands during a local event organized for children.<\/p>\n Long Beach police and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner\u2019s special operations team worked through the night to recover the remains, which were found “right out in the open” along a park trail.<\/p>\n PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Human remains found during Easter egg hunt: LBPD<\/a><\/p>\n Investigators were seen carefully brushing dirt off the skull and recovering a mandible.\u00a0<\/p>\n The medical examiner confirmed the team has taken the human remains to the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center for further investigation.<\/p>\n The park has since reopened.<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n The identity of the individual and the circumstances of their death are unknown.<\/p>\n While investigators suggested the skull may be that of a child, official confirmation of age, gender, and how long the remains had been in the park has not yet been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n It is also unclear if the remains were intentionally buried or recently unearthed by environmental factors.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n The Forensic Science Center will conduct a detailed examination of the skull and mandible to establish a profile of the person.<\/p>\n Police are expected to review missing persons cases that align with the forensic findings.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: This report is based on information from the Long Beach Police Department.<\/p>\n Long Beach<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Instastories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. – A festive holiday gathering ended in a disturbing discovery Sunday evening after a family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1184,2042,2444,131,133,132,137,100,425,1181],"class_list":["post-255977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-instastories","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-news","tag-series","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}