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| Police link second body part find | Police link second body part find |
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| A human arm has been found in a country lane in Hertfordshire a week after the discovery of a severed leg 12 miles away. | A human arm has been found in a country lane in Hertfordshire a week after the discovery of a severed leg 12 miles away. |
| The arm was found on Sunday by walkers on Drovers Lane in the village of Wheathampstead. | The arm was found on Sunday by walkers on Drovers Lane in the village of Wheathampstead. |
| Hertfordshire Police said it was "highly likely" there was a link between the latest discovery and the limb found in Cottered on 22 March. | Hertfordshire Police said it was "highly likely" there was a link between the latest discovery and the limb found in Cottered on 22 March. |
| The left leg was discovered in a green Gulliver bag in a lay-by off the A507. | The left leg was discovered in a green Gulliver bag in a lay-by off the A507. |
| Skin condition | |
| Following the discovery of the leg, police said they were starting a murder inquiry. | Following the discovery of the leg, police said they were starting a murder inquiry. |
| The arm was found on the grass verge in Drovers Lane but without clothing and was not contained in anything. | The arm was found on the grass verge in Drovers Lane but without clothing and was not contained in anything. |
| Det Ch Insp Mick Hanlon said: "It is highly likely to be linked to the leg discovered in Cottered last Sunday, but we will not have definitive confirmation until more tests have been carried out. | Det Ch Insp Mick Hanlon said: "It is highly likely to be linked to the leg discovered in Cottered last Sunday, but we will not have definitive confirmation until more tests have been carried out. |
| A local resident discovered the leg at Cottered | |
| "This is a very unusual incident and we are working meticulously to establish who the body parts belong to and how they came to be in Cottered and Wheathampstead." | "This is a very unusual incident and we are working meticulously to establish who the body parts belong to and how they came to be in Cottered and Wheathampstead." |
| Tests on the leg revealed it came from an adult who was between 5ft 6in (1.67m) and 5ft 10in (1.78m). | Tests on the leg revealed it came from an adult who was between 5ft 6in (1.67m) and 5ft 10in (1.78m). |
| His shoe size was between a seven and a nine. | His shoe size was between a seven and a nine. |
| The man also had a skin condition which caused discolouration in the pigmentation of the skin around the ankle. | The man also had a skin condition which caused discolouration in the pigmentation of the skin around the ankle. |
| There was a further skin condition on the lower leg causing the skin to "scale". | There was a further skin condition on the lower leg causing the skin to "scale". |
| Hertfordshire Police believe the holdall containing the leg was deposited on either Saturday 21 March, or early the following day. | Hertfordshire Police believe the holdall containing the leg was deposited on either Saturday 21 March, or early the following day. |