PONCE INLET -- Several kids playing ball near the beach came upon a grisly discovery Saturday when their ball landed in someone's backyard: Mostly skeletal remains of a human being.
The adult male has been dead for months, according to a report from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, which is treating the 6:30 p.m. discovery of the bones as a suspicious death. An autopsy is expected to be done today by the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office in hopes of determining a cause of death.
The discovery was made in the 4200 block of South Atlantic Ave. by several children, ages 11-13, who chased after a ball that landed in a backyard with grass that was two feet high and about three feet from the sea wall.
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