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| Head on beach face to be revealed | Head on beach face to be revealed |
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| Police hope to be able to issue an artist's impression of a woman after a head and hands were found on a beach. | |
| Efforts will also continue to try to establish a more exact age for the dead woman, whose head was found wrapped in a plastic bag on Arbroath beach. | |
| On Wednesday, officers said the woman was a white European, in her mid-twenties to mid-thirties. | On Wednesday, officers said the woman was a white European, in her mid-twenties to mid-thirties. |
| She had a distinctive circular scar on her forehead with light freckles over her cheeks and the bridge of her nose. | She had a distinctive circular scar on her forehead with light freckles over her cheeks and the bridge of her nose. |
| Scientific tests | Scientific tests |
| The head was discovered on Tuesday morning by two young sisters. | The head was discovered on Tuesday morning by two young sisters. |
| Tayside Police have also retrieved two hands and said detailed forensic tests were being carried out on all three body parts. | Tayside Police have also retrieved two hands and said detailed forensic tests were being carried out on all three body parts. |
| A further search of the shoreline took place on Wednesday but nothing more was retrieved and the beach has since reopened. | A further search of the shoreline took place on Wednesday but nothing more was retrieved and the beach has since reopened. |
| Det Ch Insp Graham McMillan, the senior investigating officer, said the force was in the process of having an artist's impression drawn up. | |
| He said: "Identifying this woman is crucial in advancing our investigation." | |
| Tayside Police said a number of scientific tests, including DNA extraction and examination of bones would be carried out to try to establish a more exact age of the woman. | |
| Det Ch Insp McMillan said the remains were in "a fairly good condition" | |
| Dental records will also be examined. | Dental records will also be examined. |
| Det Ch Insp McMillan said the remains were in "a fairly good condition" and that the emergence of any more body parts in the area was unlikely. | |
| His investigation team was currently searching missing persons databases Europe-wide, he said. | |
| "There is nothing on our database or the national database fitting the description but it may be that the person has not been reported as missing yet," Mr McMillan said. | "There is nothing on our database or the national database fitting the description but it may be that the person has not been reported as missing yet," Mr McMillan said. |
| "There are further databases we are looking at Europe-wide in the first instance." | "There are further databases we are looking at Europe-wide in the first instance." |
| Det Ch Insp McMillan admitted it may never be possible to determine whether the body parts were dumped in the sea but that tidal experts were being consulted. | |
| And he said the case was still not being treated as murder. | And he said the case was still not being treated as murder. |
| "This is still a suspicious incident until we identify this woman which is key to this investigation," he said. | "This is still a suspicious incident until we identify this woman which is key to this investigation," he said. |