Possible Human Remains At Recycling Center Likely Medical Waste: Baltimore County Police

COCKEYSVILLE, MD — The "possible human remains" found last week at a Cockeysville recycling center were likely "improperly discarded medical waste," authorities said.

"While the Baltimore County Police Department awaits autopsy results, investigators believe that this is an incident of improperly discarded medical waste," officers said in a Friday press release. "Additional information will be provided as it becomes available."

WBAL reported that "one caller described a discovered item as a human leg." Patch asked a police spokesperson to confirm, but she only said the autopsy is pending.

Officers said they were called to the Baltimore County Refuse/Recycling Center off Beaver Dam Road on May 20 around 9 a.m.

Authorities said they sent the possible human remains that day to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy, which is still pending.

Homicide detectives handled the initial investigation.

The recycling center, dubbed the Cockeysville Central Acceptance Facility, receives trash and recycling from multiple jurisdictions.

The center, located at 201 West Warren Road, was closed on Monday, May 20. It's usually open Mondays. The facility reopened on May 21, The Baltimore Sun reported.

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This map shows the recycling center where the Baltimore County Police Department said the possible remains were found.