Police in Long Beach were investigating the discovery of an infant’s body found in an alley on Feb. 23, 2016. (Credit: KTLA)

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A 13-year-old boy walking home from school with his friends Tuesday afternoon found the decomposed body of an infant in an alley in Long Beach.

The discovery was made around 4:22 p.m. near East 67th Street and Gardenia Avenue, according to Claudia Lopez with the Long Beach Police Department.

Jamal Davison made the gruesome discovery.

"First, I saw it, then I thought it was something else," Davison told KTLA.

He went back to take another look with a friend and finally understood what he had found.

"After that, I realized it was a baby. Then I called police," the teenager said. "It looked like a newborn. It looked just like a newborn."

The body was near a cardboard box and other debris and was initially believed to have been burned, police said.

Homicide detectives later determined the remains were not burned but in a stage of decomposition that would give the body that appearance, according to police Sgt. Brad Johnson.

No additional information was released about the baby.

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