Story highlights Both sets of remains are only identified as those of a black malePolice are waiting on coroner to determine whether it's the same person(CNN) Mississippi authorities are investigating two separate crime scenes after the gruesome discoveries of a severed head and a headless body nearby in Jackson. The head was found Saturday morning on the front porch of a home, Jackson Police Cmdr. Tyree Jones told CNN. A few hours later, a headless burned body was discovered less than a mile away, according to Jones. Residents told CNN affiliate WLBT that the body was found by a group of children in a wooded area.

Source: CNN June 11, 2017 09:58 UTC