Authorities say people cleaning out a recently sold home in western Colorado found a human head and hand inside a freezer.
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office said Thursday that the body was discovered Jan. 12 at a home in Grand Junction, about 320 miles west of Denver, and an autopsy this week confirmed it was human.
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Sheriff's spokeswoman Wendy Lykes said Friday that investigators are in contact with the home's previous owners.
Human remains were reportedly found in the freezer of a Grand Junction, Colorado home after it was sold.
“Out of respect for the victim and the victim's family, we want to positively identify the victim,” the sheriff's office said in a statement. Authorities have not released the gender of the person whose body was found, nor have they determined whether a cause of death has been determined.
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Authorities do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the community.
