EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut State Police are investigating after a human skull was discovered by a passerby on the property of an active adult community in East Lyme.

State police troopers and East Lyme officers were dispatched to the scene near Van Winkle Way just before 7 a.m. Monday following reports of a "suspicious item." Shortly after, Eastern District Major Crime Squad detectives and staff from the chief medical examiner's office were called for assistance.

The investigation soon shifted to a wooded area on Sleepy Hollow Road, where state police say more skeletal remains were found.

The bones and skull were taken to the medical examiner's office in Farmington, where investigators hope to identify the victim and determine the cause of death.