Police launch murder probe after human remains are found inside bags
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Police launch murder probe after human remains are found inside bags in submerged shopping trolley at river beauty spot in Suffolk
- Police were called to River Stour in Sudbury at around 4.30pm yesterday
- Walker reported finding bin bags inside shopping trolley submerged in the water
- Suffolk Police have confirmed that the bones in the bags are human remains
A murder probe has been launched after human bones were found inside two black bin bags in a submerged shopping trolley at a Suffolk river.
Suffolk police were called to the River Stour between Meadow Gates and Croft Bridge in Sudbury yesterday at around 4.30pm after the bags were found.
The incident is being treated as suspicious and police have confirmed the remains are human.
A walker reported the bin bags to a park ranger who moved them from the shopping trolley before police arrived.
There are now two police scenes – one around the area of the river where the bags were discovered and the other around the spot where the bags were moved to.
Assistant Chief Constable Rob Jones, of Suffolk police, has called for people to get in touch with any information
Suffolk police were called to the River Stour in Sudbury yesterday around 4.30pm after a bag of bones was found
A bag containing ‘human remains’ has been found in a submerged shopping trolley at the River Stour in Sudbury
Police have launched a murder investigation and hope analysis of the human remains will lead to a suspect.
A Suffolk police spokesman said: ‘A sensitive and methodical process will now take place over the coming days as the bones are examined and forensic tests are conducted.
‘Various other investigative work and searches will also be carried-out, which will need to utilise a number of specialist resources.’
A Home Office post-mortem examination is due to take place tomorrow, but a police spokesman said the investigation will take time.
The area has been cordoned off by Suffolk police as they try to work out when the trolley was dumped in the water
Detectives believe that other people may have already seen the trolley and want to know when it was dumped into the water
Circled is the bag of bones which police have confirmed are human remains
There are now two police scenes – one around the area of the river where the bags were discovered and the other around the spot where the bags were moved to
Inspector Kevin Horton, Local Policing Commander for Sudbury, said: ‘We appreciate that local residents are likely to find this discovery alarming and as such we will be increasing police patrols in the town to provide reassurance.
‘Officers are also likely to remain at the scene over the weekend and in to the early part of next week.
‘Discoveries such as this are extremely rare – especially in Suffolk – and as such we do not believe there is any cause for concern to members of the public.
‘We would ask anyone with information about this discovery to make contact with the Major Investigation Team immediately.
‘This includes anyone who believes they saw the bags in the river prior to yesterday afternoon, or saw the shopping trolley either in this location or elsewhere along the river.’
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