Overview
- Anthony Foster says he and a colleague saw a severed, female-appearing arm float past in a Spa Road sewer around 1988 and reported it to police.
- Foster recounts that officers initially suggested it was a mannequin because there were no relevant missing person reports at the time.
- He says CID interviewed him then and again after Fred and Rose West were arrested, as detectives considered a possible connection that was never confirmed.
- Recent interest has grown with reports of an extensive tunnel network beneath Gloucester, with local claims of access points near Cromwell Street and pub cellars.
- Earlier searches tied to the West investigations included 1990s finds in the Clean Plate Café basement and a 2021 excavation, yet no public forensic evidence links the sewer discovery to any known victim.