Human remains found in a Beaumont ravine

Beaumont police officers are investigating the death of a person whose remains were found in a ravine Thursday afternoon.

The Beaumont Police Department announced shortly after 1 p.m. that passerby's reported finding what they believed was a dead person in the ravine near the wash area between Noble Creek Park and Brookside Avenue.

Police later added that the reporting party said they had seen the seeing a subject laying on the ground the night before, but did not report until the next day.

The remains of the person were in "advanced decomposition," police added.

Details are limited at this time, little is known about the person or their manner of death at this time.

The Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner Bureau collected the remains and will conduct further investigation into the person's identity and cause of death.

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with any information about this case is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Macias at 951-769-8500.

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