The remains were spotted late Friday afternoon in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Members of the NYPD Crime Scene Unit were parked along Cross Bay Boulevard and were seen with a large paper bag for collecting evidence.
The Medical Examiner says it is too soon to know if the remains are human but has determined they came from a single body.
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