Homicide detectives from Waterloo Regional Police are conducting an investigation after a body was found at Kitchener's Victoria Park on Thursday afternoon.

Passers-by spotted a man without vital signs in a wooded area near Schneider Avenue in the west end of the park at around 2:30 p.m., according to police. A team of homicide investigators and forensic police were at the scene on Thursday evening.

The team gathered around the tracks in the west end of the park.

A post mortem examination is due to take place in Hamilton.

This marks the second homicide of the year in Waterloo Region.