Overview
- The family, which was hunting eggs Sunday around 5 p.m., found what looked like a small skull in DeForest Park in Long Beach.
- Police cordoned off the area and summoned the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, whose team recovered a skull and mandible.
- The medical examiner sent the remains to the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center in Los Angeles for testing.
- Officials have not identified the person or determined how long the remains were there, and outlets report conflicting claims about formal confirmation that they are human.
- The park has reopened, and investigators will review missing-person cases and pursue forensic analysis that could take weeks, while neighbors worry about children who saw the scene.