A badly decomposed body was found near railroad tracks in Jackson Heights Monday afternoon, police and reports said.
The body was discovered naked in a fenced-off area near Roosevelt Avenue and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at about 1:30 p.m., according to authorities.
A worker for CSX Corp., an international transportation company that uses the tracks, was the one who made the discovery, the Daily News reported.
The medical examiner is determining the cause of death.
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