Severed Hand, Foot Found In AC

A man rummaging through trash cans behind a row of stores found a human foot and hand, the prosecutor's office said.

Authorities said the limbs were from a person who died in the last week, but they declined to say whether it was an adult or child.

The discovery came Friday by a man who worked as a temporary laborer on a nearby construction project. Upon finding the severed appendages in a black plastic bag, the man ran to the construction site to show others, then dumped the bag back in the alley.

Atlantic County Prosecutor Jeffrey Blitz said a right foot and left hand were found. Blitz would not say if either had identifying marks.

Police were summoned to the South Indiana Avenue scene by a Pemberton man. Bill Springfield told The Press of Atlantic City he watched the man who found the bag containing the hand and foot throw it back in the alley.

"I watched where he put it and called the police," Springfield said.

Springfield saw the body parts and said they appeared to be from a child, with the foot measuring no more than six inches.

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