Florida police open homicide investigation after finding human skull MARGATE, Fla., July 9 (UPI) -- A homicide investigation was under way Tuesday after a human skull was found in a clay pot at the Oriole Executive Golf Course in Margate, Fla., police said. Police Lt. Andy Zettek said the skull has been sent to the Broward County medical examiner for examination, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. "We found it, it's human, and that's about all we know until the medical examiner or someone in authority can make a determination," Zettek said. He said it was uncertain whether the skull was used for "religious ritualistic" purposes but detectives are handling the case as a homicide investigation. Divers from Sullivan Electric and Pump found the skull Monday while working on an irrigation line in a canal.