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Police identify head on the beach | Police identify head on the beach |
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The woman whose severed head and hands were found on a beach in Angus has been identified by police. | The woman whose severed head and hands were found on a beach in Angus has been identified by police. |
Tayside Police said the woman was a 36-year-old from Brechin who had been reported missing by her employer. | Tayside Police said the woman was a 36-year-old from Brechin who had been reported missing by her employer. |
Two young sisters discovered the head in a plastic bag at Arbroath on Tuesday. Police later found two hands. | |
A coastguard crew member discovered what is thought to be "human material" on the shoreline at Carnoustie on Wednesday night. | |
The material has been taken to the police mortuary in Dundee, where it will be forensically examined. | |
Police said they had received hundreds of calls from concerned members of the public following the discovery at Arbroath. | |
One call led to a flat in Brechin's South Esk Street, where the 36-year-old had been reported missing. | |
Establishing the identity of this woman is the first step in a very complex and detailed inquiry Det Ch Insp Graham McMillan | |
Officers are trying to reach her family to inform them of her death. | |
Det Ch Insp Graham McMillan, who is leading the inquiry, said: "The flat in South Esk Street in Brechin has been sealed off and officers are currently searching the property. | |
"We will be speaking to a number of people over the course of the day in a bid to establish the woman's last known movements, when she was last seen, and to establish the circumstances of her death. | |
"Establishing the identity of this woman is the first step in a very complex and detailed inquiry." | |
He urged anyone with information to get in touch. |