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Second Skeletal Lower Leg Recovered From Weser Near Emmerthal

Investigators focus on identifying the remains to clarify any connection to a July discovery near Hameln.

Ermittler haben in der Weser das Skelett eines menschlichen Unterschenkels gefunden. Die Identität der Leiche ist unklar, wie die Polizei Hameln mitteilte.
Leichenteil in Weser gefunden. Feuerwehr sucht nach weiteren Körperteilen.
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Overview

  • A passerby reported bones on August 19 around 19:00 on the Oberweser shoreline at Emmerthal, and authorities retrieved a skeletal lower leg.
  • Fire service divers searched the surrounding area at Emmerthal but found no additional remains.
  • Police in Hameln note a similar find from early July a few kilometers away at Hameln in a hydropower plant cleaning system, where a sock and shoe were attached.
  • Fachkommissariat 1 of the Hameln-Pyrmont/Holzminden police is leading the case and examining a possible link between the two discoveries.
  • The identity of the recovered body parts is unknown as forensic analysis and identification efforts continue.