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Human remains were discovered in the Gastineau Channel near Sandy Beach early Monday evening, according to a release from Juneau Police Department (JPD).

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was dredging debris from the channel and found a human leg and boot shortly before 5 p.m.
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http://www.ktva.com/human-remains-found-juneaus-gastineau-channel-940/
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was conducting debris removal on Douglas Island, between Sandy Beach and Lucky Me, a community about a mile from the end of the road that is accessible only by water, according to Juneau Police Department Lt. David Campbell.


The workers were using a dredger that operates like a claw to drag debris from the bottom of the channel, Campbell said.

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A JPD officer responded to the area and took possession of the leg and boot; the leg, which was from the knee down, was subsequently sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for potential identification.
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The condition of the leg made it difficult to determine who it might have come from, or how long the leg might have been in the water, Campbell said.

“We have no idea of the gender or the race,” he said. He declined to provide any specifics about the boot.
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http://juneauempire.com/news/2017-05-23/human-remains-found-near-sandy-beach
 
shutterstock_174010328.jpg


http://nypost.com/2017/05/24/human-leg-in-fishing-boot-washes-up-on-beach/
 
is this close to any place where fisherman work? I know ppl who travel to be fisherman in AK. its dangerous work sometimes.
 
cvaldez1975 said:
is this close to any place where fisherman work? I know ppl who travel to be fisherman in AK. its dangerous work sometimes.
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was conducting debris removal on Douglas Island, between Sandy Beach and Lucky Me, a community about a mile from the end of the road that is accessible only by water.

The workers were using a dredger that operates like a claw to drag debris from the bottom of the channel. The department periodically conducts debris removal and was not looking for anything specifically.

There could be more remains in the channel, police said, “My understanding is they found the leg and stopped dredging.”

JPD does not have a dive team and the investigator is trying to figure out the logistics of searching the area further, possibly with a dive team from another department or with a remotely operated vehicle.

http://juneauempire.com/news/2017-05-23/human-remains-found-near-sandy-beach
 
Gardener1850 said:
Is that a picture of the actual boot? When I click on the link it says "shutterstock" under the pic....
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Now that you point it out, I don't think so. I checked other MSM sources and no one posted this picture.
 
Police spokesman Lt. David Campbell said Wednesday that eight people have been reported missing in Juneau in recent years: three each in 2016 and 2014, plus two in 2012. Officers have contacted some family members in those cases to tell them about Monday's discovery, off Sandy Beach on Douglas Island.



"We are looking into (reports) going back to the '80s as to who this person was," Campbell said.
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https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/201...ers-about-human-remains-recovered-off-juneau/
 
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...und-in-gastineau-channel-remains-unidentified
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have not been able to identify the origins of a human leg that was found last year in the Gastineau Channel.

But investigators determined it had been in the channel for more than 10 years, the Juneau Empire reported Wednesday.
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Police released very few details about the leg, not specifying the race or gender.

A year later, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Gary Zientek said his office wasn't able to get any useful DNA from the leg because it had deteriorated in the water.

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He said a forensic pathologist examined the bone and estimated it was more than 10 years old based on how worn down it was.

The bone remains stored at the examiner's office in case they can figure out a way down the line to do effective testing.
 
I think this is the NamUs page for these remains, although the date of recovery listed is May 23 and not May 22.
Unidentified Person Case

Footwear: Xtratuf brand boot (Made in USA). Thermal sock x 2. - On the body

I can't see if there are any ruleouts.
 
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