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What began as a sunny Easter Sunday celebration in Long Beach

ended in a disturbing discovery that has left a local community in shock.

At around 5 p.m. yesterday, a family gathering at De Forest Park

took a tragic turn during an Easter egg hunt. Witnesses say children were scouring a dirt

path for colorful eggs when they stumbled upon what appeared to be human remains. The family immediately

alerted authorities describing the find as a human skull, possibly that of a

young child with smaller bones located nearby. Images from the scene were a stark contrast of

holiday joy and grim reality, showing plastic Easter eggs scattered just feet away from the

discovery site. Long Beach police responded quickly, cordoning off the trail and calling in the

Los Angeles County Medical Examiner to take over the scene. Michael Fuentes was nearby celebrating

with his own family when he overheard about their discovery, walking our friends at ABC 7 through

what happened next. We were literally like like three like spots down and down. And the family was over there, like they had like put the eggs down and then the kids were finding them. And I don't know where we just hear like, hey, dad, mom, there's like some bones over there, you know, and yeah, we just, everybody went over there. They called the police and then that's when they showed up. And it was really tragic. I started crying. It hurt my,

it hurt my soul, you know. Neighbors who returned to the park later that evening expressed

heartbreak, not only for the person whose remains were found, but for the children who made

the discovery. Local resident Christopher Kane called the incident terrible, noting that no child

should ever have to witness something so haunting

while simply trying to enjoy a holiday. At this hour, the Long Beach Police Department says

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