Sanitation Workers Find Dismembered Dog's Body in Trash Bag While on Route

The grim discovery was made along the 5700 block of Harbison Avenue Thursday morning

Published July 1, 2021 • Updated on July 1, 2021 at 10:51 am

Philadelphia trash truck with police tape blocking off te roadway behind it after a body was found by sanitation workers on July 1, 2021, — SkyForce10

Sanitation workers on their route in Northeast Philadelphia Thursday morning found a dismembered body of a dog in one of the trash bags.

The workers found the remains along the 5700 block of Harbison Avenue in the Wissinoming neighborhood a little after 8 a.m., Philadelphia police said.

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Investigators initially said they were having difficulty identifying the remains. The medical examiner's office later responded to the scene and determined the body was that of a dog, police said.

SkyForce10 captured a stopped city trash truck pulled up against the sidewalk with police tape blocking off the area behind the truck.

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