A Detroit garbage truck worker found a decomposed body Wednesday while picking up trash on his route. 

The worker was emptying trash cans when he spotted a body fall into the truck, Fox Detroit reported. 

Authorities said the body was badly decomposed. Authorities have not said how the person may have died. 

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An investigation is ongoing. Fox News has reached out to the Detroit Police Department. 

In Washington state, a 3-year-old girl was found earlier this month in a garbage bag. Her mother, Justine Johnson, 22, has been charged with murder days after the child was found with stab wounds.