UPDATED at 2:45 p.m. with confirmation that skeletal remains are a man.

ST. LOUIS • Workers cleaning up a vacant St. Louis home found human remains under a rug in the back yard Tuesday afternoon.

The workers found the skeletal remains outside a home in the 4400 block of Labadie Avenue. They were preparing the home, which was boarded up, for someone to move in.

Police said homicide detectives responded to the scene and are handling the investigation.

The remains are that of a man but police say other details such as his identity, age, race and cause of death would not be available until an autopsy is conducted.

The skull showed what appeared to be a head wound, workers said.

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