Woman seen walking Sacramento streets with skull on stick leads police to body

(FOX 40 Sacramento)

(FoxNews.com) - Residents in Sacramento received a scare Wednesday right as Halloween lurks right around the corner.

Sacramento police said a homeless woman led them to a decomposed body after she was seen walking down a street carrying a human skull on a stick. Police stopped the woman at an abandoned house.

Sgt. Bryce Heinlein said the woman told them she had found the skull and led them to an abandoned homeless camp a couple blocks away. That’s where the officers discovered the body.

According to Fox 40 Sacramento, said authorities were combing the area for almost two days searching for clues.

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