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| Bones discovered on M5 are human | Bones discovered on M5 are human |
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| Police have confirmed bones found in a bag at the side of the M5 motorway near Bristol are human. | Police have confirmed bones found in a bag at the side of the M5 motorway near Bristol are human. |
| A motorway workman made the discovery at junction 14, near Thornbury, at lunchtime on Monday. | A motorway workman made the discovery at junction 14, near Thornbury, at lunchtime on Monday. |
| Officers had been treating the find as "very suspicious", but on Tuesday confirmed the bones were human. | Officers had been treating the find as "very suspicious", but on Tuesday confirmed the bones were human. |
| The site remains covered by a white tent while examinations continue before the bones are removed to be examined by experts. | The site remains covered by a white tent while examinations continue before the bones are removed to be examined by experts. |
| Det Insp Richard Budd talks to the BBC's Scott Ellis | |
| Police are treating the death as suspicious. The remains include arm, leg, pelvis and skull bones, which were partially buried. | Police are treating the death as suspicious. The remains include arm, leg, pelvis and skull bones, which were partially buried. |
| Detective Inspector Richard Budd of Avon and Somerset Police said: "We appear to have a skull and other parts of a human body. | |
| "We're in the process of recovering the bones and they'll be taken to a laboratory where they'll be subject to a much more intensive investigation to try to determine who this person is. | |
| "We have bones that have been scattered around as well as their presence in a black bin liner. | |
| "The questions I want answered are 'who is this' and 'how did that body come to be there'. | |
| "Also whether it's been buried there or just deposited on the surface. | |
| "We are dealing with it as a suspicious death but it's too early to say whether in fact any crime has been committed." |