A human skeleton was found in the storage room of a pedestrian crossing on the northeastern side of the Moscow Ring Road, Interfax reported Friday.
The victim apparently died a year ago, which made it impossible to establish the gender, age, identity or cause of death, a law enforcement source told Interfax.
The report did not say whether the crossing was an underpass or a pedestrian overpass.
It was unclear why the skeleton was not found earlier. An investigation has been opened.
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