Human hand found by NYC dogwalker belonged to woman buried nearby: cops
A human hand found by a man walking his dog on Staten Island last week was identified as that of a woman buried nearby, police said.at Amboy Road and Cunningham Road on Thursday afternoon, belonged to a 63-year-old woman who died in 2011, according to the city’s medical examiner.
The deceased woman, who has not been publicly named, was buried in a wooden coffin at Resurrection Cemetery, a Catholic burial ground on Staten Island’s south shore — just over a mile from where her digits were found. The hand is believed to have been dislodged sometime around Feb. 27, when the plot next to the woman’s resting place was excavated for a new burial, officials explained.
The equipment likely separated the hand from the woman’s remains, and it was subsequently lost in the excess soil dumped in a nearby tree line.The hand was found near North Mount Loretto State Forest on Thursday.The cemetery plans to reinter the hand with the remains.
“We extend to the affected family our deep and prayerful regret for the sorrow that this has undoubtedly caused them.”
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