05 August 2009

Another severed foot.

This one didn't wash up on a riverbank or coastline. It was found at a recycling center.
While investigators sifted through material at the recycling facility in Seneca where the foot was found Monday night, forensics experts examined the foot itself for clues...

A worker discovered the foot when it came across a conveyor belt about 8:50 p.m. Monday. Workers inspect every item that comes through the facility, sifting recyclable material from non-recyclable material, Povero said. The worker alerted the county 911 center after finding the foot.

The foot was a right foot, moderately decomposed, Povero said. He would not speculate on the possible age, sex or race of the person whose foot it was, though he did rule out a young child or an infant. The foot had been severed above the ankle...

No additional body parts were found at Casella on Tuesday, Povero said. The sheriff's office is still awaiting results from the medical examiner.

The foot discovery came on the same day that a suspected finger was found on a deck outside a home in Brielle, N.J.

Fingers don't count. We only blog severed feet.

Addendum: see Ian's update in the comments.

4 comments:

  1. Sorry, that's not Canadian. Ontario is a county here in Western, NY.

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  2. You're quite right; my oversight. Title fixed. Tx.

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  3. No problem, I might not have noticed but that's my local paper. :)

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  4. A little bit of confusion. There was some speculation that the garbage came from Canada, but only 10 of the 136 truckloads were from Toronto.

    Not to mention it's apparently not even a human foot:

    http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Foot+found+garbage+dump+bear/1873992/story.html

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