STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Police are trying to identify the woman whose body was found at a Staten Island park over the weekend.
Sources tell NY1 the body was naked and had been burned.
Two children made the gruesome discovery at Long Pond Park in Tottenville around 1 p.m. Sunday.
Neighbors say police told them the body may have been there for some time.
"It’s devastating it’s really shocking," said one neighborhood resident.
"I have a family, I have three kids of my own, so I feel bad for anyone who is going through this right now, unfortunately this is something. It's a parents worst nightmare, it really is," said another resident.
The medical examiner is working to determine the cause of death.