Human Remains Found in Dale City

Surveyors working in Dale City Tuesday morning came across the decaying remains of a human body, police said.

The surveyors were working near the intersection of Dale Boulevard and Benita Fitzgerald Drive when they found the body in the woods around 11:30 a.m. Police said the body was badly decomposed and was located about 350-400 yards from the roadway.

The age, sex and race of the body were unknown due to the decomposition. Police are still investigating.

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