Thursday, February 07, 2008

Puppy finds piece of human scalp in Washington

The discovery of an apparent piece of human scalp has puzzled police knocking on doors to try to determine the source. "At this point it appears to be human," police Capt. James Raymond said. "We're taking a leap that the person it belongs to probably is not alive."

Eriberta Salinas said her 4-month-old puppy Clifford brought home the apparent piece of scalp with reddish hair on Sunday from a back yard in the neighbourhood.

Police went door to door in the neighborhood in this central Washington town for about five hours on Monday to ask neighbours if they had seen any red-haired strangers in the area lately.

The apparent piece of scalp has been sent to a crime laboratory for analysis.

"Someone out there is probably not living and so that's really what the priority is: Where is this person?" Raymond said.

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