Hunters scouting for ducks find human remains in North Carolina

Two duck hunters scouting a wooded area in rural North Carolina ended up finding human remains, authorities said Tuesday, in the latest grim discovery made by hunters in recent months.

The human remains were discovered early Monday evening by two local hunters in the woods near a highway close to Taylorsville, which is about 60 miles north of Charlotte, the Alexander County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

The area was secured and processed by deputies and agents from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, officials said. The identity of the remains was not immediately known, and the death is under investigation.