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Workers find what appears to be human leg at waste facility in the Bronx

Workers find leg at DEP facility
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NEW YORK -- City workers made a grisly discovery Wednesday at a waste water resource recovery center in the Bronx. 

Police said the employees were sorting through trash when they saw what appeared to be a human leg on the conveyor belt. 

It happened at a Department of Environmental Protection facility on Ryawa Avenue in Hunts Point. 

The medical examiner is now analyzing the remains, and the NYPD is investigating. 

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