Police: Painting crew finds bones, skull at house in Boston-Edison district

Detroit police are on the scene of a home in Detroit where they say human bones and a human skull were found.

Police say the remains were discovered under a rear porch by a drywall and painting contractor.

The bones were found Wednesday morning just before 11:30 a.m. at a home in the 600 block of Longfellow Street, which is near Voigt Park in Detroit's Boston-Edison Historic District. 

Detroit police weren't sure if the remains were of an adult or a child.

It's unclear at this time if the home is abandoned or occupied. 

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