7th foot washes up on BC coast

[HeatherR]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091028/national/foot_found

Another gruesome mystery foot has washed ashore in Southern B.C. - the seventh since Aug. 2007.

The right foot was found encased in a running shoe on the shores of the Fraser River in Richmond on Tuesday. Two men walking along the river found what appeared to be a foot inside a white Nike running shoe, size 8.5.

A forensic autopsy has confirmed the remains are human and efforts are being made to identify the person the foot belonged to.

RCMP Corp. Annie Linteau said it appears to be a man's shoe, but that hasn't yet been confirmed.

"We've have posted photos on our website of the footwear in the hopes that someone may recognize it as belonging to perhaps a missing loved one."

Linteau said there's been no evidence so far to support foul play in connection to any of the seven discoveries.

Police and the coroner's office say it appears that all the remains separated from the body through a natural process.

"There were no tool markings and it just did not appear that they were severed or forcibly removed," Linteau said in an interview.

All the found feet have been discovered tied up in running shoes. Experts have explained that the feet are found because as the body decomposes, the buoyant running shoe floats to the surface.

RCMP linked the first foot through DNA testing to a depressed man who went missing in July, 2007.

Two feet found separately in Richmond belong to the same woman, but she hasn't been identified.

Two male feet found separately on Valdez Island and Westham Island were matched to one man, and another lone male foot remains unidentified.

RCMP have been reviewing missing person cases for the past several months that have the highest probability of being found in the water.

"We're talking here about people that may have gone missing from a boat, missing fishermen, planes that may have gone down, etcetera," said Linteau.

If police suspect a missing person is linked to the foot, they then have to begin the process of obtaining a DNA sample if it's not already in their file.

Linteau said they've used a number of experts in this case to try and unlock the mystery of why the feet are being found, including oceanographers, forensic entomologists and forensic pathologists.

"It is very unusual."

[solvy]

CTV British Columbia     
   
The remains of a right foot were found in this Nike shoe on Oct. 27 on a beach in Richmond, B.C. (RCMP)

The remains of a right foot were found in this Nike shoe on Oct. 27 on a beach in Richmond, B.C. (RCMP)
DNA links mystery foot to 25-year-old missing man

Updated: Thu Nov. 05 2009 15:28:31

ctvbc.ca

Authorities have determined through DNA testing that a right foot found recently on a beach in Richmond, B.C., belongs to a 25-year-old man who was reported missing in January 2008.

"Based on the investigation into the circumstances of his disappearance and personal history, investigators do not believe foul play was involved," the BC Coroners Service said in a press release.

Authorities did not release the man's identity at the request of the family. The rest of his remains have not been recovered.

The foot was found in a Nike shoe Oct. 27 at No. 6 Road and Triangle Road in Richmond, the seventh detached foot to wash up on B.C. shores in two years.

The cases have garnered worldwide attention.

One other foot was matched to a man who was depressed and likely took his own life.

In all cases, the remains appear to have naturally separated from the body - a process called disarticulation.

   
   

[Desespere]

Okay, I'm certain the family has some measure of closure now their son has been essentially recovered. But - and maybe this is something I don't understand, but if this young man was reported missing to the public and has been recovered, why can we not know who? If his name is still on this site, for instance, many will think he's still missing.

[lostlinganer]

In all cases, the remains appear to have naturally separated from the body - a process called disarticulation.

Sorry folks....this "bullsh**" doesn't fool me for a minute.  Sure there have been suicides amid the waterways.... but please give us credit for some kind of common sense. ...because feet surface or come ashore intact with a shoe, we are to be totally satisfied, the rest of the bodies and their valuable organs have met the same fate.  Give me a break!  You don't see too many pieces of clothes washing up with "organs....kidneys, livers, hearts, cornias, spinal fluid...... yeah I know....the fish took these~
I'll wager there are a lot of rich desperate people who received life-saving transplants in the last few years...perhaps south of the border or in another country.
I still get visions of corrupt doctor/s, ambulance vehicles, hospital records access, and a well-hidden chop house or floating morgue on or near your beautiful western shores.  Sorry, I've seen enough corruption in this country to form this opinion.  What the Picton's and their corrupt associate officials pulled off for years (and probably still are) is enough to steer my thoughts on this.

[solvy]

Lost,  wow a floating morgue, now that really conjures up some ideas.  Never thought about it that way.  Very possiblely.   Abducts persons, takes them off land which would be unexpected, a commotion would not be heard, and disposal would be easy , then cleanup.  Yes makes sense to me. 


des,  If we look back at those missing I can only see one person that fits the  timeline.  But Iwouldn't put his name here now at family request.

[capeheart]

I saw a documentary last nite on CBC about the mystery of the floating feet. It was stated that the 7th foot that washed up was identified. A young man who was in a depressed state possibly took his own life. There were no answers as to the other feet that have washed up, it is still just a big a mystery as it was in the first place. The only thing they indicated was it possibly could be illegals trying to come into the country. It could also be homeless persons who are never reported missing. But it was indicated that now that people know about this, that possibly when walking along the shoreline they will be more apt to look at a sneaker that is laying there and report it if it is out of the ordinary. Just a mystery all the way around. I believe it is more likely to be persons involved in drugs and the waters are a dumping ground. It is scary to think of how many could be out there, this may just be the tip of the iceberg.

[Chris]

Only 1 has been ID'd?

I thought more have. Drug trade is probably a realitic reason. Maybe from the US, the current goes north.

[capeheart]

This documentary was very good. The areas were shown on a map. It was stated that because of the great volume of water and currents that it would be almost impossible to know where they came from. It may be on again in the near future.