Playa del Carmen city worker stumbles upon body while cutting grass

Playa del Carmen, Q.R. — A city worker was taken back Monday after accidentally discovering a dead body in a green area of Playa del Carmen.

The city worker was cutting wild grass in the fractionation of Palmas I when he says he smelled something foul. After wandering around to locate the source, the city worker stumbled upon a human skull.

Police were called. According to preliminary reports, the skull was part of a skeleton found in the grass, which was that of a man. Members of the State Attorney General’s Office arrived to collect evidence.