Homicide detectives launch probe after jogger finds a human head on the side of a Florida road 

Homicide detectives launch probe after jogger finds a human head on the side of a Florida road

  • A woman jogging in St. Petersburg, Florida, made a gruesome discovery of a decomposed human head on a roadside early Tuesday morning
  • Police are hunting through nearby woods for further remains or evidence
  • They do not believe the person died there
  • Police say the head may have been left there since Sunday when the woman last jogged along the route  
  • The head is so badly decomposed investigators have not yet been able to identify a race or gender 

Florida homicide detectives are investigating the horrific discovery of a decomposed human head found by a jogger along a road in St. Petersburg on Tuesday morning.

The woman made the gruesome find at around 7am as she jogged along 38th Avenue by the Interstate 275 overpass, police said.

The decapitated head is so badly decomposed that the investigators can not initially tell the gender or the race.

Police are now searching a nearby wooded area for any further remains or for further clues but have said they believe the person may not have died there because it was not yet a skeleton. 

A tent had been constructed around the patch of grass where the head was found on Tuesday morning as police continued their search of the wooded area nearby 

The head was found on a grassy area between the sidewalk and the edge of the road.

It is unclear how long it had been there.

The jogger had run the same path on Sunday but had not seen the head. She did not pass by the same area on Monday but told police she runs the same route almost every day.

Investigators are asking people in the area if they saw anything that may establish a timeline of when and how the head came to be by the side of the road.

Police said that the area is not heavily traveled because of the surrounding woods and that businesses in the area are currently closed.

They added that it is sometimes used as a traffic cut-through.

‘The head is too badly decomposed to determine sex,’ police spokeswoman Yolanda told Patch.

‘But it is a decomposing head, it’s not like a skeleton. So our detectives feel like the person didn’t die there, so they’re going into the woods to see if they can find any other remains.

St. Petersburg police said Tuesday that they had launched an investigation after a decomposed human head was found at the side of a road by a jogger that morning

St. Petersburg police said Tuesday that they had launched an investigation after a decomposed human head was found at the side of a road by a jogger that morning

Homicide detectives had kept the area closed as they continue their search for further remains but do not believe that the person died here. It is uncertain how long the head was there for

Homicide detectives had kept the area closed as they continue their search for further remains but do not believe that the person died here. It is uncertain how long the head was there for

‘A lot of people might have thought it was just an animal but she perceived it really did look like a human,’ Fernandez added to the Tampa Bay Times.

A section of 38th Avenue remains closed to traffic as the investigation continues.

The head will be given to the Medical Examiner for further investigation.

Investigators asked anyone who might have information about the case to call St. Petersburg police at (727) 893-7780.

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