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| A new body part has been found by police investigating the discovery of human remains in two counties. | A new body part has been found by police investigating the discovery of human remains in two counties. |
| Police were called to Gore Lane in Ware, Hertfordshire on Saturday, and have sealed-off the road. | Police were called to Gore Lane in Ware, Hertfordshire on Saturday, and have sealed-off the road. |
| A spokesman said part of a torso had been found, close to the A10 road, which had been there "for some time." | |
| It was likely to be from the same man whose legs, head and arms have been found in Leicestershire and Hertfordshire, he confirmed. | It was likely to be from the same man whose legs, head and arms have been found in Leicestershire and Hertfordshire, he confirmed. |
| The major crime unit for Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire is on the scene, and the Leicestershire force has been notified. | |
| The latest find comes after a member of the public found the leg near a lay-by, also on the A10 Puckeridge bypass, last Tuesday. | |
| 'Forensically linked' | |
| The man's head was earlier found in a Leicestershire field and a forearm and left leg from the same body were found in Hertfordshire. | |
| The left leg was found in a field near the A507 at Cottered on 22 March and the forearm was discovered in nearby Wheathampstead a week later. | |
| The head was found on 31 March near a cemetery in Hoby Road, Asfordby. | |
| Tests "forensically linked" the head with the forearm and legs. | |
| Det Ch Insp Hanlon, of Hertfordshire Police, has previously given details about the victim's appearance. | |
| He said the man is believed to have suffered from a form of fungal infection to his toenails, with his small toenails "discoloured and thickened" and curled under. | |
| "The victim had two front teeth missing," he said. | |
| "They are the front right tooth and the tooth to the immediate right of that. | |
| "They are believed to have been missing for several years." |