The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the skeletal remains of a human body found late Saturday night near the entrance of Los Liones Canyon Trail in Pacific Palisades.

According to police, West LAPD officers responded to a radio call of a death investigation at 11:15 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 22, near the trail entrance in the 500 block of Los Liones Drive. Two hikers were hiking near the trail when they observed what appeared to be a human skull and then reported their findings to a nearby L.A. City fire station who in turn notified police.

Upon arrival, officers were directed to an area near a hiking trail not far from the entrance to the Los Liones Canyon Trail where they found the remains of what appeared to be a human skull. Officers checked the area and observed the skeletal remains of a human torso approximately 20 feet from the skull.