Dog brings home a child's severed foot
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/..._s_foot_search

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. - A family dog brought home a child's severed foot, but searchers combing surrounding woods in northwest Alabama found no signs of any other remains and don't know where the child might be.

No children have been reported missing, killed or maimed in or around Russellville. Police Chief Chris Hargett said investigators were studying missing persons reports from nearby areas and sent the severed foot for forensic tests in a bid to narrow the search.

The son of a homeowner spotted the family dog carrying something late Saturday and called his father, who then alerted police. Hargett said an orthopedic surgeon verified that the dog had dragged up a child's bare foot, severed below the ankle.

The foot was found in a subdivision, Hargett said, and authorities on Sunday searched the area with cadaver-sniffing dogs without finding anything.

"A dog could have brought it so far and then another one got it," Hargett said. "It could be miles away."

He added that the foot appeared to have been outdoors only a few days. But he said it's unlikely a young child could have survived such an injury without treatment and added investigators have received no indication that the child is alive.

"We pretty much have to think the worst," Hargett said, noting no accidents have been reported by area hospitals involving the loss of a foot.

Searchers plan to head out again Tuesday morning with dogs in hopes that any scent from decomposing remains may be stronger by then, Hargett added.

Meanwhile, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences was conducting tests to determine the child's age and possibly race and gender.

"We've got to narrow it down," Hargett said.

Russellville, with about 9,000 residents, is located in a heavily wooded, mostly rural part of the state.

that sucks...

don't worry, i'm sure you will find a new dumping ground soon:2 cents:

omg :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

That is terrible. No one should make jokes when it comes to the murder of a child.

well they don't nec know it was a murder.

dogs drag up all kinds of crazy shit. thats just a little crazier

dont worry it is actually a midget, small town coroner don't know what the fuck he's talking about...next he will claim to have bigfoot in a box on every cable news show in the world:2 cents:

unless of course it is a midget child , then you will be arrested shortly for knowing key evidence.

Well if the child was not reported missing by anyone and he is missing his/her foot, that is usually a murder.

But he said it's unlikely a young child could have survived such an injury without treatment and added investigators have received no indication that the child is alive.

you are two-thirds right...it is a midget baby bigfoot foot

it's hard getting laid around here and i was tired of banging double cheeseburgers...i fucked a bigfoot, the resulting crossbreed pregnancy ended in a stillborn delivery...we were scared and didn't want our unholy relationship to turn into a media scandal...so we buried the body in the local pet cemetery...the baby will wake up soon and kill everyone in it's path to get back home to me and mom...

I run a "good luck baby foot" factory out of that area. We had the back door open the other day an some wild dogs came in, they are only wax baby feet.

don't worry.

PG

damn thats crazy

it's only a foot, i wouldn't have ate it either...

There was a story I heard briefly on the news over here yesterday where somebody was suing a dog owner because the dog bit off his finger and then it took the finger back to the owner. The owner kept the finger in the fridge but didn't report it. He said he kept it on the chance that anybody came to claim it.

Damn it..that's crazy!

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

"excuse me, you don't happen to have my finger do you ??"

Strange shit.

There is a on going story on the west coast of Canada of body parts washing up on shore around lakes and rivers. Nobody knows where they come from.

hmm, news link? can't seem to find anything

Well, its a town of 9000 people.. thats only 18,000 feet to check out and see if anyones missing a foot.. Jesus.. How fucking hard is it to know if someone is missing, dead, or missing a foot?

why so serious?

That would be a little creepy.

My dog brought home a severed alligator head once, and we live in north Georgia. This is just terrible though. :(

OMG you mean to tell me theres a kid out there with only one foot now? shitty... no really a person would have to usupect the worst....

Here are a couple of links.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/17/...eet/index.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25751813/&GT1=43001

Thats freaky

omg thats horrible ...gross and sad... du hast
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