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Dog Brings Child’s Foot to Ala. Home

By Associated Press

Authorities investigating the discovery of a child's severed foot in an Alabama
subdivision. Dog Brings Child’s Foot to Ala. Home

Published: Mon, September 22, 2008 - 8:55 am Last Updated: Mon, September 22, 2008 - 9:00 am

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in northwest Alabama are
investigating the discovery of a child's severed foot in a
subdivision.
Russellville Police Chief Chris Hargett said officers were
called to a home around midnight Saturday after a resident found
what appeared to be a human foot that had been dragged up by a dog.
Hargett said an orthopedic surgeon confirmed that the foot
belonged to a child.
Teams using dogs weren't able to find additional remains during
a daylong search on Sunday. Authorities plan to resume the search
Tuesday in hopes that any scent from decomposing remains may be
stronger by then.
Police are also checking for reports of missing children.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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engtchr Says:

Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:47 am

I hope the news does not drop this story. Law enforcement needs to be pressured to pursue the answers to what happened to this child.

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rosepetal Says:

Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:47 pm

carl, this would be more on the order of 666 to me.

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rosepetal Says:

Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:34 pm

no carl, but now the chinese wanting to start a world bank, that is a different story.

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carl Says:

Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:22 pm

Once they get a complete DNA data base completed then there shouldn’t be any unidentified remains or live people. They should go state by state getting a DNA sample from everyone getting a license or anything else until all are covered. It’s coming it’s just a little slow right now. Don’t recon that’s this 666 business do ya ?

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rosepetal Says:

Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:37 pm

that is terrible bamagirl, i hope they kept on until they found out more about the baby. it is terrrible.

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bama_gal Says:

Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:58 am

Does anyone else remember when this happened in Loxley several years ago? Nothing was ever said about them finding the baby (I think they said it was approximately three months old from the size of the foot). So, so sad.

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rosepetal Says:

Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:19 am

this is terrible. i hope they find out what happened

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