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19. A Severed Head at a Building Site

Police search for human remains at a building site in a quarry located in Bedfordshire. Credit: GUIM

A man’s severed head was found in a Bedfordshire quarry, in Cambridgeshire, on May 16, 2016. The victim was believed to be between the ages of 30 to 50 and might have accidentally been hit by a train, according to the police. Furthermore, the head was thought to have been undisturbed for over a decade – and possibly from the 1960s – before the construction of the bridge structure loosened it. 

Anthropologists and forensic dentists worked with the police officers to identify the man, scouring DNA databases, and missing person reports from the National Crime Agency.

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