Skeletal remains were discovered on Saturday as workers cleared a makeshift homeless community called 'tent city ' in Fort-Worth , Texas . The shocking find made at around noon on Saturday has led police to begin a homicide investigation , Cpl . Tracey Knight told the Star Telegram . The skeletal remains were taken to a medical examiner 's office where the identity of the body and the cause of death will be evaluated . Scroll down for video . Forced to leave : David Miller is one of several people living at a homeless tent camp in Fort Worth and on Saturday he evacuated the area along with 49 others . Preparing the leave : Amy Bernoski-Ebnet of the nonprofit Rita 's Hope checks a Code Compliance dumpster at a homeless tent camp in Fort Worth , Texas on Thursday just a few days before the campsite was razed . makeshift home : Angel Coleman is one of several homeless people living in a homeless tent camp who was forced move to alternate hiding places outdoors near the camp and a cluster of homeless shelters . A group of around 50 homeless people evacuated a camp set up behind some bushes and trees in Fort Worth where they built meager homes in which to live . After numerous complaints from neighboring residents about the impoverished group 's decision to camp on private property , the city destroyed the campsite on Saturday and the inhabitants left . Town officials previously expressed the desire to eradicate prostitution and drug problems in the area that may be worsened by homelessness , reports the Star Telegram . David Miller told The Star Telegram that he will have to move the small home he built for himself that includes a bedroom , a closet space , windows , and a fluffy white cat named Chamuka . ' I just go by what they say , ' Miller said of the city ’ s plans . ' I know of places I can go . That ’ s why I ’ m not really worried . I ’ m not worried at all . I ’ ll go somewhere . I ’ m not going to go too far when I go — no further than what I can carry in a couple bags of clothes without getting too tired . ' James Peace prepares to leave tent city in Fort Worth , Texas where skeletal remains were found on Saturday after it was destroyed by the city . Cleaning up : Vincent Williams cleans out his tent at a homeless tent camp in Fort Worth before being forced to habitat at a shelter or another illegal community . The city gave the homeless residents verbal notice that they needed to leave six weeks ago . They also offered some help by bringing in aid to connect the people with programs and shelters , Brandon Bennett , the city ’ s director of code compliance , told the Star Telegram . Amy Bernoski Ebnet , founder of a nonprofit called Rita 's Hope said that destroying camps merely moves homeless people instead of addressing then problem of homelessness . 'What is going to happen on March 28 , of moving the property these individuals have and putting it in dumpsters and then giving them nowhere to go , is not a solution to homelessness . That just continues to move a problem , ' Ebnet said . 'And when I say moving them , I don ’ t mean relocating them . I mean knocking over their stuff and having them go find somewhere else to live . ' Brandon Bennett , the city ’ s director of code compliance said the living outdoors is not the bestc solution for the homeless population . Moving areas : Jackie Webb makes preparations to leave a homeless tent camp , taking all his worldly possessions with him in shopping carts . Change : Jackie Webb , pictured inside his tent with his dog , left the campsite on Saturday along with 49 others . 'We are pushing these folks toward the services and the lifestyle that will break the chains that will get them out of homelessness , ' Bennett said , adding that they are 'managing ' the problem , not moving it . ' I was down there and watched a young girl exchange sex for money — prostitution is not a way out of homelessness . We are going down there and people are doing drugs and drinking — that is not a way out of homelessness , ' Bennett said . 'They are not getting the medical services they need to have a healthy lifestyle — that is not getting out of homelessness . ' Bennett said in some ways that the property owner is the victim when homeless people set up camp because he had to pay for part of the destruction . 'To a big degree , he is a victim , ' Bennett said . 'These people trespassed on his property , littered on his property and destroyed parts of property . I ’ m sorry they are homeless , but there are a lot of services available to these folks , and I encourage them to take part in the process . ' Fort Worth cleans up about 100 camps a year and the city cleans around 68,000 pounds of trash from the campsites . Residents are given a few days to claim their belongings . Grieving : Amy Bernoski-Ebnet of the nonprofit Rita 's Hope , right , gives a homeless man a hug at a homeless tent camp in Fort Worth , Texas as he prepares to move his things and carry on .
Skeletal remains were discovered on Saturday as workers cleared a makeshift homeless community called 'tent city ' in Fort-Worth , Texas . The skeletal remains were taken to a medical examiner 's office where the identity of the body and the cause of death will be evaluated . 49 homeless people camping illegally on private property were force to leave their makeshift home .