UPDATE: No human remains found on Detroit elementary school playground

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Posted: 10/25/2012

DETROIT (WXYZ) - Detroit Public Schools have confirm the possible bones found on an elementary school playground is a tree root.

The Medical Examiner was called to the scene at Bagley Elementary School after a student discovered what may be human remains on the playground.

Police responded to the scene and determined the discovery was nothing more than a tree root.

A Detroit Public Schools representative Jennifer Mrozowski told Action News "We've been informed that this was nothing more than a tree limb."

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