Human head found in a box on Chicago street; investigation underway

A

human head

was discovered in a box on the west side of

Chicago

, a city in Illinois, US, on Thursday evening. Police were called to the 2600 block of West Taylor Street around 6 pm after a passerby found the box while walking on the sidewalk.
The passerby initially believed the human

remains

inside the box were a Halloween decoration, but he soon realised it was a real human head.

The

Chicago Police Department

confirmed the discovery, saying, as quoted by The Independent, "A man walking a dog on the sidewalk discovered a box containing an unknown victim’s remains."
The

Cook County Medical Examiner

’s Office was also notified and confirmed the remains were a human head. An autopsy has been conducted, but results are still pending regarding the cause of death and identification details, including age, gender, and race.

In a related incident earlier this week, Illinois State Police reported that skeletal remains were found near the

Kennedy Expressway

at Webster Avenue in

Bucktown

. The identity of that victim also remains unknown.
Authorities are investigating both cases.