MIAMI - Miami-Dade police are investigating a report that a human head washed up on Key Biscayne beach on Tuesday morning, according to CBS Miami news partner the Miami Herald.

A human head washed ashore on a Key Biscayne beach on Tuesday morning, authorities say. At about 8:40 a.m. the Miami Dade Police Department arrived at 251 Crandon Blvd after receiving reports of a human head on the beach. Police say detectives are on the scene and are working with the Medical Examiner’s Office to identify the person.

Police are investigating after a human head washed ashore on Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday morning. The discovery was made around 8:30 a.m. on the beach near the 200 block of Crandon Boulevard not far from the apartments at Key Colony,

CBS News Miami's Peter D'Oench speaks to surprised people at Key Biscayne after a worker discovered a human head Tuesday morning that had apparently washed up on the beach behind the Key Colony II Ocean Sound condominium building.