ATLANTA -- Police were searching for clues Tuesday after the body of an infant who appeared to have been set on fire before being dumped in a wooded area was discovered in southeast Atlanta, authorities said.

A city sewer worker found the baby and summoned police to the area near Grange Drive and Grange Court just off of Thomasville Drive shortly after 1 p.m.

The child, believed to be between 6 and 12 months old, was placed in a bucket that was burned before it was thrown along the side of the road, authorities said.

The gender of the infant was not immediately available.

More details to come.

Channel 2 Action News reporter Ross Cavitt contributed to this report.