Overview
- A council worker discovered a skull hanging from a tree in Brooke Wood, off The Ridgeway in Enfield, and called emergency services.
- Officers found about 80% of the rest of the skeleton on the ground below and recovered identification documents at the site.
- The Metropolitan Police estimate the remains have been there since September 2022, and enquiries are continuing.
- The force says the find is not being treated as suspicious at this stage while they confirm who the person is.
- In a separate investigation in Coventry, detectives are asking the public to help identify a man found in a park wheelie bin, describing tattoos including a cross with a snake and the words "Little Stardust."