A suitcase containing what police consider to be human stays has been found on a ranch in Texas.

Police say the grim discovery was made on Thursday morning by folks feeding animals on the ranch close to San Antonio, Bexar County.

"They began investigating it and found what appears to be human remains," Sheriff Javier Salazar stated in a press convention.

"At this point, we don't know anything about the gender of the remains or how long the remains have been out here," he added.

Sheriff Salazar stated the stays have been "partial" and police "won't be able to a determine cause of death or identification for some time".

However, he stated his first "inclination" was "homicide".

"It is too early to tell if the person was killed here or were brought here in that piece of luggage and dumped here," he added.

Sheriff Salazar stated the bags was disregarded within the open and burn spots have been discovered within the space.

However, he stated police didn't but know in the event that they have been an try to burn the physique or have been associated to folks burning garbage.

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"There really wasn't a whole lot of effort to hide the body, other than it was inside a suitcase," he added.

Sheriff Salazar stated the homeowners of the ranch have been out of city however have been "co-operating" with the investigation.

"At this point I would not be able to say if they are related or not related to what they have found, but they are co-operating," he stated.

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