New York City police Sunday found what appeared to be skeletal human remains in a wooded area near a park containing a children’s playground in Queens following an emergency call, the New York Post reported.
A bystander found the remains at Sutter and North Conduit avenues in Ozone Park around 10:45 a.m. and dialed 9-1-1, the outlet said, citing the police.
The scene is only a mile away from Tudor Park, which has a playground and various sports fields.
The medical examiner will identify the deceased person’s age and gender.
In April, a body of an unidentified person in advanced stages of decomposition was found under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Jackson Heights, another Queens neighborhood, according to the outlet. (RELATED: Investigators Allegedly Find Human Remains Stuffed In Suitcases — Suspect Was Reportedly Hunting Sex-Offenders)
Elsewhere in Queens, the police recently defied a house explosion that initially knocked them off, to evacuate adults and children from the house, officers with the 106th Precinct said in a statement accompanying the bodycam video of the April 30 incident.
Proud of the brave officers of the 106 Precinct who continued evacuating residents after being knocked back by the house explosion. Courage, professionalism, and service at its finest. Thank you to all first responders pic.twitter.com/twis74G9MB
— NYPD 106th Precinct (@NYPD106Pct) May 1, 2026
The officers were at the house at 2:54 a.m. to respond to an emergency call indicating that there was a domestic dispute with a weapon, according to the statement.
The blast, which occurred as the officers attempted to gain entry into the apartment, was followed by shrieks from an apparently terrified woman and children, who then were evacuated, according to the video.
“The guy just lit the house on fire. We had [an] explosion,” a voice could be heard saying in the video.
“I can’t breathe! Where’s my baby?” a woman’s voice said as smoke filled the immediate area, in the video.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch praised the officers as heroes who, though hurt, purposed to rescue the children and prevent loss of life.
Tisch said via a May 4 post that major crime had fallen by 9.5% as she hailed a “historic” fall in crime levels in the city.