(MSC News)--An investigation is launched after Leavenworth city workers discover human skeletal remains near the Missouri River.

Leavenworth Police Chief Pat Kitchens says the remains were found Tuesday afternoon by Parks and Recreation Department employees who were clearing bush on an embankment north of the Riverfront Community Center.

Kitchens told the Leavenworth Times it was clear that the remains had been there for quite some time.

An autopsy is planned.

Kitchens says investigators have already starting reviewing reports of potential missing people from the community and surrounding area.