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Police investigating possible human bones found in Point Breeze home

On Monday, police were called to the 1800 block of Wharton Street after a person who was cleaning the property discovered skeletal remains.

A person who was cleaning a Point Breeze property discovered skeletal remains, police said.
A person who was cleaning a Point Breeze property discovered skeletal remains, police said.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

Police were investigating the discovery on Monday of suspected human bones inside a rowhouse that was being cleaned in the Point Breeze section of Philadelphia.

Just after 5 p.m. Monday, police were called to the 1800 block of Wharton Street after a person who was cleaning the property discovered skeletal remains.

Investigators retrieved seven suspected human bones and transported them to the medical examiner’s office for a forensic analysis, police said.

No other details were made available.