Workers were shocked after discovering human remains at a construction site in Florida last week, including an entire jawbone with teeth still intact.
Local law enforcement officers confirmed last Thursday that the bones belong to human beings and would be turned over to anthropologists for possible identification.
“The Nassau County Sheriff’s office believes these are very old bones and they have called in an anthropologist with Florida Gulf Coast University to study them and help determine who died, how they died, and how long ago this individual may have been deceased,” the agency said in a release.
The gruesome discovery was made at a construction site in Fernandina Beach, which is roughly 40 miles from Jacksonville.
Officials said they would provide updates on any identifications that are made.
Action News Jax reported that there are currently eight active missing persons cases in the area.
