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The human remains found by a fisherman Saturday afternoon near Bayou St. John was a head with a dumbbell attached, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
Divers with the the New Orleans Police Department's Special Ops Division began searching Bayou St. John on Tuesday near an area where human remains were discovered this weekend.
A fisherman found decomposing human remains in waters near City Park on Saturday afternoon, New Orleans police said. He was in fishing in bayou waters at the intersection of Mirabeau Avenue and Wisner Boulevard, near City Park, when he discovered the remains and flagged down Third District officers, NOPD said.
A fisherman near Mirabeau Avenue and Wisner Boulevard discovered the human remains around 12:47 p.m. on Saturday.
The NOPD has labeled the find an 'unclassified death'