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Human skull reportedly found at Iowa park

An apparent human skull was found on a sandbar at Iowa's Yellow Banks Park outside Des Moines, campers told Polk County Sheriff's deputies.

An investigation is underway after campers found what appears to be a human skull in a park near Des Moines, Iowa.

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Campers told Polk County Sheriff's deputies that they found the skull Friday on a sandbar near a boat ramp at Yellow Banks Park, The Des Moines Register reported.

Deputies did not find any other possible human remains after searching the area.

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Detectives and the medical examiner’s office are trying to get more information about the skull, the newspaper reported.

Yellow Banks Park is about 10 miles southeast of Des Moines. The park is more than 500 acres and includes a Native American burial mound and hiking trails.

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