Human leg washes up from Lake Michigan

  • The leg was severed just below the hip
  • This is the second time in two weeks that human remains have been found in one of the Great Lakes

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

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Investigators in Chicago are trying to figure out how a severed human leg ended up on the shores of Lake Michigan yesterday - and to whom it belongs.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the leg was found on a Kenwood neighborhood beach on Chicago's South Side Wednesday afternoon.

According to police, a call came in about 2:42 p.m. reporting that the severed human leg had washed up on shore.

Watery graves: for the second time in two weeks, human remains were found in the Great Lakes yesterday

Watery graves: for the second time in two weeks, human remains were found in the Great Lakes yesterday

Police say the leg was found by a person walking along the beach in the 4700 block of South Lake Shore Drive.

The leg was severed just below the hip.

This marks the second time in the last two weeks that human remains have been pulled from one of the Great Lakes.

Chi-Town: The severed leg was found on Chicago's South Side. It was severed just below the hip

Chi-Town: The severed leg was found on Chicago's South Side. It was severed just below the hip

On May 22, authorities found a bag of human remains floating in a bag near Yonge Street in Toronto.

The remains later were identified as female, but authorities are yet to identify the body.

In Chicago, investigators say an autopsy is scheduled for today at the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.






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