Decapitated human remains were found behind a Waffle House in Nashville , Tennessee, authorities say.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department received a call around 10:30 a.m. CT on Friday, Aug. 22 that a woman had found human remains behind the Waffle House on Dickerson Pike in Nashville, police spokesperson Brooke Reese told USA TODAY.

Upon arriving to the scene, police found a "severely decomposed body" underneath a sheet in the wooded area behind the restaurant and about 100 feet away from the body, police found a human skull, Reese added.

Discovery of decapitated body is under investigation

"It is unclear at this point who this person is, how this person got there, so those circumstances are under investigation," Reese said during a media briefing on Aug. 22. She said

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