Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the dis­cov­ery of hu­man skele­tal re­mains found deep in the Tamana for­est on Sun­day.

A shot­gun was al­so dis­cov­ered near the re­mains.

Po­lice were called to the area at about 3 pm where they found the de­com­posed body.

Po­lice say they sus­pect it could be the re­mains of a want­ed man in con­nec­tion with a mur­der.

How­ev­er, en­quiries are con­tin­u­ing.

The re­mains were sent to the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre pend­ing DNA test­ing and Den­tal records for iden­ti­fi­ca­tion.

Any­one with in­for­ma­tion is asked to con­tact the po­lice at 555, 999, 800 TIPS or 482 GARY.