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| Skull discovered in back garden | Skull discovered in back garden |
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| Human remains, including a skull, have been discovered in the rear garden of a large semi-detached house. | Human remains, including a skull, have been discovered in the rear garden of a large semi-detached house. |
| The new occupants happened upon the shallow grave while clearing rubble collected during renovation work on the property in Wembley, north London. | The new occupants happened upon the shallow grave while clearing rubble collected during renovation work on the property in Wembley, north London. |
| Police said the find was being treated as suspicious and officers were continuing to search the garden. | Police said the find was being treated as suspicious and officers were continuing to search the garden. |
| The body's gender is not yet known, but is believed to have been buried for about a year. | |
| Detectives are trying to find out whether the remains are those of a murder victim and are tracing the address's former occupants. | Detectives are trying to find out whether the remains are those of a murder victim and are tracing the address's former occupants. |
| A police spokesman said: "We know that the house was owned by the same occupiers for many years until their death, and was purchased by a developer in 2004 when it was occupied on a casual basis by what we believe to be mainly Polish men in the building industry until it was purchased by the present occupiers in February 2007." | |
| The case is being investigated by Brent Police and Scotland Yard's Homicide and Serious Crime Command. | The case is being investigated by Brent Police and Scotland Yard's Homicide and Serious Crime Command. |