Item that looks like human skull found in dumpster

Tucson Police are investigating the scene where an item that looks like a human skull was found in a dumpster on the south side.

Police say someone was looking through the trash at 659 W. Valencia Rd. on Saturday afternoon when the item was found.

A medical examiner is on the way to the scene to collect the item and will take it back to the lab so a forensic anthropologist can determine if it really is a human skull.

Tucson Police officers are looking through the dumpster to see if they can find anything else suspicious in its contents.

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