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Ginando Great Old One Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Total posts: 323 Location: Somewhere other than where I really want to be Gender: Male |
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There are people out there who take this recycling business very seriously, but who are just a bit misguided  |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21362 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 30-10-2009 08:52 Post subject: |
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Eighth severed foot washes up on Canada's Pacific coast
A severed foot has washed up on the shores of Canada's Pacific coast, in the eighth such incident in two years, police said on Thursday.
Published: 6:46PM GMT 29 Oct 2009
The foot, in a size 8.5 white Nike running shoe, was discovered on Tuesday by two men walking on a beach in a suburb of Vancouver, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement.
The British Columbia coroners' office is conducting a forensic autopsy and other tests to try to match it to missing persons, police said.
Seven feet were previously found along the rugged coast of British Columbia province and the neighbouring US state of Washington, including one later determined to have belonged to a missing man who was depressed. The other feet discovered include a female pair, a male pair and a male right foot.
DNA testing has not yet determined the identities of the others, said police.
Scientists say the feet could have drifted dozens or thousands of miles because human body parts can remain intact in water for years when protected by shoes or sturdy clothing.
"There has been no evidence to date to support foul play in relation to these discoveries and it appears that all remains separated from the body, disarticulated, through a natural process," police said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/6462453/Eighth-severed-foot-washes-up-on-Canadas-Pacific-coast.html |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21362 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 21-11-2009 12:10 Post subject: |
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May as well add this here:
Mystery surrounds brutal murder of Geeta Aulakh
Police rule out stranger attack but reject honour killing theory despite misgivings by Asian women's groups
Sandra Laville and Peter Walker guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009
Every day, staff at Sunrise Radio were greeted with a smile from Geeta Aulakh, the receptionist who had dreamed as a young girl of working for the first independent 24-hour Asian station.
For four days this week, her chair has been empty and, in a painful series of conversations, her colleagues have been sharing glimpses she gave them of the pain hidden beneath her warmth.
It is in the particularly horrific death of Aulakh that the secrets of her life are emerging. Police believe what spilled out on to the street in Greenford, west London, on Monday evening was the violent culmination of something hidden in Aulakh's recent past.
Senior sources believe the 28-year-old was held down by more than one assailant and struck repeatedly with either a sabre or a machete as she went to pick up her two sons from their childminder. Aulakh was just 100 metres away from her young children, on a quiet street lined with unremarkable postwar terraced houses, where residents fear burglary or car crime, not the sort of scene they experienced that night.
The Guardian understands that detectives have been given a detailed account of the attack by a handful of key witnesses.
In the frenzied assault, Aulakh was struck repeatedly around the head with the sabre-like weapon. She fought for her life, sustaining a serious wound to her right hand which severed it from her arm, leading to speculation that it was cut off deliberately in some sort of religious ritual. The suggestion is a distraction, sources say. The wound was a classic defence injury against an assault with a long, extremely sharp weapon.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/20/geeta-aulakh-murder-greenford
(My current reading is a crime story about a severed foot...) |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17931 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 13-01-2010 20:16 Post subject: |
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The latest about this case.
| Quote: | Dismembered salesman 'killed for his identity'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8456886.stm
Jeffrey Howe
Jeffrey Howe's body parts were found dumped in two counties
A man whose body parts were scattered across two counties was stabbed to death and dismembered so his killers could steal his identity, a jury heard.
Pieces of Jeffrey Howe's body were found dumped in Hertfordshire and Leicestershire last March and April.
Stephen Marshall, 38, of Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, and Sarah Bush, 21, of Southgate, London, deny murdering 49-year-old Mr Howe last March.
St Albans Crown Court heard they killed him to seize his flat and possessions.
They "took advantage" of him, paying no rent and stealing his food, the jury was told.
The flesh on Mr Howe's scalp and face was removed and his ears and tongue cut away, the court heard.
Mr Howe's hands have never been found.
'Used his weakness'
The court heard the accused's plan was to gain Mr Howe's finances and possessions.
Prosecutor Stuart Trimmer QC told the jury Ms Bush was Marshall's girlfriend and both had moved into the flat.
"They took advantage of Jeffrey Howe," he said.
"He allowed Marshall and Bush to live in his flat. They paid no rent, stole his food, promised to leave but failed to do so.
Substantial quantities of blood must have been shed in the murder and in the cutting-up or dismembering of the body
Prosecutor Stuart Trimmer QC
"Howe was unable to evict them and they appear to have seen his weakness as an opportunity to seize his flat, his possessions and eventually his identity."
On Tuesday, Marshall admitted dismembering Mr Howe and disposing of his body parts.
He also pleaded guilty to two counts of perverting the course of justice.
The first involved giving false information about the whereabouts of Mr Howe when police were conducting a missing person investigation.
Secondly, he admitted dismembering the victim's body and disposing of the parts in different places to impede the investigation.
Ms Bush denies dismembering Mr Howe and disposing of his body parts.
'Precision' cutting
Mr Howe's remains were discovered by members of the public in various locations between 22 March and 11 April last year, jurors were told.
Mr Trimmer said: "The removal of the parts missing had been undertaken with skill and precision, according to pathologists and experts.
"It was carried out by someone who had experience of such activity."
Mr Howe was murdered on 8 or 9 March in his flat in Southgate, north London, the jury was told.
Mr Trimmer said: "Substantial quantities of blood must have been shed in the murder and in the cutting-up or dismembering of the body.
"While there was a determined effort to clean up, blood from Mr Howe was found in the en-suite bathroom and bedroom of his flat."
The trial continues.
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21362 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 13-08-2010 07:47 Post subject: |
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Human foot discovered on beach in Cleethorpes
A human foot has been found on a beach in North East Lincolnshire.
It was found on Cleethorpes beach, near to Meridian Point, off Kings Road on Wednesday by a member of the public.
Police officers removed the foot from the scene and it was taken to a local mortuary for examination.
Officers are checking missing person files as well as carrying out searches on the beach in the area where the foot was found.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-10958228 |
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17895 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 4 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 13-08-2010 08:21 Post subject: |
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We'll need more information than that if we're to speculate gruesomely.  |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21362 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 13-08-2010 09:02 Post subject: |
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| escargot1 wrote: | | We'll need more information than that if we're to speculate gruesomely. |
This is the latest I can find:
Foot found on Cleethorpes beach remains a grisly mystery
THE origins of a human foot found on Cleethorpes beach by a walker continues to baffle police.
The gruesome discovery was made by a member of the public as they walked on the beach at the rear of the Boating Lake, opposite Meridian Point.
Yesterday, about ten police officers carried out a detailed search of the stretch of beach, off Kings Road, in the hunt for clues as to who the foot belongs to and how it came to be on the sand.
It is understood the foot, found on Wednesday evening at 6.25pm, could have been washed up after being in the water for some time.
A police spokesman said the foot was taken to the local mortuary for forensic examination in the hope of providing some clues.
He said inquiries are now under way to identify any possible missing people in and around the region to whom the body part may belong. Beach safety officers helped to keep walkers away from the scene as police scoured the area yesterday afternoon.
A police helicopter circled above and police horses and search dogs were also used.
The marine unit was called in to carry out an underwater search of the area. Crowds gathered but many had no idea of the ghastly discovery.
Watching the drama unfold were Adrian Attwood, 46 and Yvette Sales, 29, who were visiting the resort from Rotherham with their dogs.
Adrian said: "We saw the helicopter circulating and it was flying really low, about 50ft above the sand. It flew up and down and then dropped a man off. There was about 10 policemen and search dogs.
"We actually wondered if a body had been found because they were obviously a searching for something."
Yvette said: "I am completely shocked. It looks like there is a huge mystery behind it, it could have come from anywhere."
Chris, 29, and Emma Owen, 27, of Cambridge Street, Cleethorpes, frequently walk along the beach.
Emma said: "You just don't expect something like that to happen in a little seaside town like Cleethorpes."
Alison Varah, 26, from Nunsthorpe, said she felt for the person who found it.
Her friend, Claire Smith, 21, also from Nunsthorpe, said it made her think twice about going on the beach.
However, shocked day tripper Lyndsey Carr, 27, from Doncaster, said: "I am glad I wasn't on the beach when they found it – I would have run a mile – but it would never put me off coming to the beach. I have been coming since I was a kid."
It is not the first time startling discoveries have been made on the beach.
In February, a dead cow from Selby had washed ashore and in 2004 a headless deer was found along the Fitties. 
A police spokesperson said: "At this time no identification of the foot has been established and police and forensic officers from the force will be working together in their enquiries."
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Discovery-severed-foot-beach-detectives-baffled/article-2523805-detail/article.html |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17931 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 13-08-2010 11:54 Post subject: |
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| Cannibalism has alkways been rife in yhat part of the country. I'm surprised thry left a leg. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17931 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 07-09-2010 13:39 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Second human foot found by river
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-11213359
A human foot has been discovered on the banks of the Humber estuary in northern Lincolnshire.
It is the second foot to be found in the area in one month.
The most recent find was made by a member of the public on the Humber Bank, between Chowder Ness Foreshore and the Humber Bridge on Saturday.
In August, a foot was found on Cleethorpes beach. Humberside police said they were not connecting the two in their investigations at this time.
The foot, found on Saturday, has been taken to the mortuary for examination.
Police said inquiries were under way to identify any possible missing people in and around the region to whom the body part may belong.
Local police officers are conducting some routine searches on the beach in the area where the foot was located. |
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17895 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 4 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 07-09-2010 16:53 Post subject: |
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I've just sat down for five minutes with Inspector Morse, and the police've just dragged a severed leg out of the canal.
The buggers're everywhere.  |
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| tonylovell Great Old One Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Total posts: 204 Gender: Unknown |
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| Posted: 30-09-2010 14:56 Post subject: |
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| ramonmercado wrote: | | Quote: | Second human foot found by river
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-11213359
A human foot has been discovered on the banks of the Humber estuary in northern Lincolnshire.
It is the second foot to be found in the area in one month.
The most recent find was made by a member of the public on the Humber Bank, between Chowder Ness Foreshore and the Humber Bridge on Saturday.
In August, a foot was found on Cleethorpes beach. Humberside police said they were not connecting the two in their investigations at this time.
The foot, found on Saturday, has been taken to the mortuary for examination.
Police said inquiries were under way to identify any possible missing people in and around the region to whom the body part may belong.
Local police officers are conducting some routine searches on the beach in the area where the foot was located. |
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| Quote: | Forensic tests on feet found near estuary identify men
Human feet found separately near the Humber estuary have been identified as belonging to two missing men.
A right foot discovered on Cleethorpes beach on 11 August was found to belong to a man from South Yorkshire.
His left foot was found on 11 September near the island of Terschelling, off the coast of the Netherlands.
Tests identified another foot found on 4 September near Barton-on-Humber as belonging to a man who was reported missing from the Lincolnshire area.
The first man was reported missing in December 2008. Police said when the feet were recovered they were in trainers.
The Lincolnshire man, whose foot was found in a boot, was reported missing in February 2010.
Humberside Police said there were no suspicious circumstances. |
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| Zilch5 Vogon Poet
Great Old One Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1527 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Gender: Male |
| Posted: 16-11-2010 00:25 Post subject: |
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I just saw the first episode of William Shatner's "Weird or What?" which was actually better than I thought it would be.
The severed feet mystery was one of the things covered.
It turns out, after forensic examination that they were not victims of being dismembered but rather the result of natural decomposition - the tendons giving way after the bodies having been devoured by sea creatures.
The left two possible explanations:
Suicidal people jumping off nearby bridges - possible but unlikely due to the currents.
Tsunami victims from the Boxing Day one - but the first feet washed up three years after the event. And according to Oceanographers, it would take much longer for them to get there.
But still - at least a theory why this is happening over the past few years and why none of the DNA retrieved matched any missing persons in Canada. Also, one of the shoes found was only ever sold in India suggesting an Asian connection. |
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17895 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 4 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 17-12-2010 08:17 Post subject: |
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Child's foot washes ashore in Tacoma
| Quote: | TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Police in Tacoma, Wash., are trying to gather more information about a human foot that washed ashore in the city's Tideflats area.
Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said Tuesday that the right foot was still inside a boy's size 6 "OzArk Trail" hiking boot and likely belonged to a juvenile or small adult. He says the boots were sold in Walmart stores from 2004 to 2005.
The foot found recently is believed to have floated in from either the Puyallup River or Puget Sound.
In late August, a right foot washed up on a beach on Whidbey Island, about 70 miles north of Tacoma. Island County sheriff's officers said that foot likely belonged to a woman or a child.
Island County sheriff's Detective Ed Wallace said then that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were sharing information about seven feet that have washed up in the past four years on British Columbia shores.
Fulghum says Tacoma police don't know yet whether there might be any connection to the other cases. |
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| Anome_ Faceless Man
Great Old One Joined: 23 May 2002 Total posts: 5377 Location: Left, and to the back. Age: 45 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 17-12-2010 22:29 Post subject: |
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| Clearly the feet have been breeding. |
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