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Police divers search Fla. lake after teens find human skull

This human skull was found in a Hollywood lake on Sat. Jan. 28, 2012. CBS Miami

(CBS/WFOR) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Police divers are searching a Florida lake for the possibility of human remains after two teens found a human skull while swimming Saturday, reports CBS Miami.

According to the mother of one of the teens, they were in the water trying to clean up some of the garbage and debris in Oakwood Lake when they made the disturbing find.

"They were swimming around the lake. They found a shopping cart and they removed the shopping cart. They went back searching around and they found a clay vase and brought it up and started dumping out the dirt and sticks and everything else and out rolled a skull," Brandy Fischer told CBS Miami.

Fischer reportedly said she knew the skull was human because she is a medical technician. She immediately called 911.

Broward Medical Examiner is trying determine the person's identity and cause of death, if possible, reports CBS Miami.

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