Alexandria police are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains found in a wooded area around Ford’s Landig.

At about 8 a.m. Sunday, a man was walking his dog in the woods around Franklin Street and Union Street when the dog came across what appeared to be human remains. Crime scene investigators and Fairfax County Police cadaver dog were called in to investigatoe. The remains were collected and sent to the medical examiner’s office for further examination.

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