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'Body parts' found near motorway | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
A bag containing what are thought to be human bones has been found at the side of the M5 north of Bristol. | |
A motorway workman clearing vegetation next to a slip-road made the discovery at junction 14, near Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, just after 1200 BST. | |
Det Insp Richard Budd said the workers had found what are believed to be human body parts, including a skull. | |
"We don't know what we are dealing with... this could be someone's son, daughter, husband or wife." | |
'Delicate scene' | |
"We've attended with our specialist teams and investigations are continuing into how it [the bag] got there," the officer said. | |
"It's a delicate scene, we don't know what we are dealing with. | |
"There are a number of experts I want to get to the scene to give us the best possible options of identifying who this is and how long they've been there. | |
"We have to do the best job for anyone who may be related. | |
"There is still a lot of work that need to be done to excavate the remains, some of them are partially buried. It's obviously been there for some time." | |
One lane of the slip-road for junction 14 remains closed. |