Coroner Matches Pair Of Mysterious Feet In Canada - News Story - KIRO Seattle

An investigator has matched a pair of dismembered female feet that mysteriously washed up on the shores of British Columbia the Coroner s Service has reported. The British Columbia coroner matched a female right foot discovered on Canada s West coast in November with a left foot discovered in May. Both were encased in New Balance running shoes. They were among five feet that have mysteriously floated ashore along the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland since August 2007. A sixth foot was found last August about 30 miles west of Port Angeles on Washington state s Olympic Peninsula. "In all cases these remains appear to have naturally separated disarticulated from the body " the Coroners Service said in a news release Friday. "There is no forensic evidence at this time to support anything other than disarticulation as there are no tool or trauma marks on the remains." DNA testing linked one of the Canadian feet to a depressed man who disappeared in 2007. Investigators have also concluded that two of the five feet belonged to one man who has not yet been identified. Experts say that when a human body is submerged in the ocean the arms legs hands feet and head usually come off the body. The Coroners Service said it is difficult to determine how long remains have been in the water. The Coroners Service uses physical characteristics and DNA analysis of the feet to establish a profile. Those profiles are maintained in a provincial database for future comparisons. Police have said they are reviewing almost 300 missing persons files to try to match up the feet.

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