Human remains found near highway in Southeast Washington

Authorities discovered human remains Wednesday afternoon near an off-ramp of Interstate-295 in Southeast Washington, D.C. police said.

U.S. Park Police notified D.C. police of the discovery in the area of the southbound highway lanes and Malcolm X Avenue about 2:30 p.m., said Officer Hugh Carew, a D.C. police spokesman. Investigators later determined that remains were human and D.C. police are trying to determine how they ended up at that location.

Police did not know an age or gender of the remains and did not release how decomposed they were.

Clarence Williams is the night police reporter for The Washington Post and has spent the better part of 13 years standing next to crime scene tape, riding in police cars or waking officials in the middle of night to gather information about breaking news in and around Washington.

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Human remains found near highway in Southeast Washington