Human head floats ashore in South Florida

Police in South Florida are working to determine the identity of a head that washed ashore near Key Biscayne on Tuesday morning.

Police in South Florida are working to determine the identity of a head that washed ashore near Key Biscayne on Tuesday morning.

A beach worker spotted the head, which appeared to that of a man, about 8:30 a.m. floating on the shoreline near a small island near Key Biscayne, Miami-Dade Police Detective Andre Martin said.

Key Biscayne police notified the Miami-Dade police homicide bureau, the agency that handles slayings in Key Biscayne, Martin said.

Police investigate after a human head washed ashore on Key Biscayne, Fla., on Tuesday morning.NBC South FloridaPersonnel with the medical examiner's office were investigating the cause of death, Martin said.

Police have not determined whether the person was killed in a slaying or whether a marine animal or a boating accident could have led to a decapitation, Martin said.

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