A shocking discovery Tuesday morning left residents and beachgoers on Key Biscayne concerned: A report of a human head washing ashore.

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.

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 up on shore on Key Biscayne. It turned up Tuesday morning behind the Key Colony apartments on Crandon Boulevard. Police said a person who was raking the beach found the head and called authorities.

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, Miami-Dade Police officials said.

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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.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — A human head was found washed ashore on a South Florida beach Tuesday morning, according to NBC 6. The following details may be too disturbing for some readers.