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Mystery deepens: Another foot washes up in British Columbia

By on October 28, 2009 in mystery feet, News, RCMP, true crime, unsolved mysteries

CTV reports that an autopsy performed today confirmed that the foot is human.

The case of the “mystery feet” began with the discovery of foot number 1 in August, 2007.

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DNA matches two of B.C.'s "mystery feet"

By on December 7, 2008 in mystery feet, News, RCMP, true crime, unsolved mysteries

Call it a small step forward.  Investigators have used DNA to match two of six feet that have washed ashore along the coastal waters of British Columbia. According to a December 6 story published by the Associated Press: The British Columbia coroner matched a female right foot discovered on Canada’s West coast in November with [...]

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Seventh human foot washes ashore

By on November 12, 2008 in mystery feet, News, RCMP, true crime, unsolved mysteries

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And the mystery deepens.

Yet another human foot has washed ashore in the coastal region of British Columbia and northern Washington State. The latest discovery came Tuesday afternoon in Richmond, B.C.

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Citizen journalists tackle mystery feet case

By on September 12, 2008 in mystery feet, News, RCMP, true crime, unsolved mysteries

The investigation into British Columbia’s (and now Washington state’s) “mystery feet” has already made headlines around the world.  Now, the mostly unsolved cases concerning human feet that have washed ashore are freshly targeted by the eager lens of citizen journalists Ian MacKenzie and Matt Anderson. The duo recently published their 6-minute and 14-second video (now, [...]

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Foot found on Michigan beach

By on August 1, 2008 in B.C. mystery feet, British Columbia, Canada, forensics, law enforcement, mysteries, mystery feet, News, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, true crime, unsolved, unsolved mysteries

POLICE TURNING TO RCMP IN B.C. FOR HELP (August 1)  A human foot encased in a sock and size 10 Reebok sandal was found washed-up on a Lake Huron (Michigan) beach this week.  Investigators already have a few missing persons cases that may, ultimately, help solve the mystery. One of those cases, according to the [...]

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Breaking News: Body found in barrel floating in river (PODCAST)

By on July 24, 2008 in barrel, barrel body, Beyond 90 Seconds, body in barrel, Canada, George Knight, law enforcement, Lee River, m4a, mp3, murder, mysteries, News, podcast, podcasts, RCMP, true crime, unsolved, unsolved mysteries, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Free Press

While the Royal Canadian Mounted Police already have quite a mystery concerning the human feet that have emerged along the shores of British Columbia, another Canadian waterway has just served-up another grisly find: The body of a man found stuffed inside a barrel that had been floating down the Lee River northeast of Winnipeg.

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Newspaper: Police knew about footless body before last week

By on July 21, 2008 in B.C. mystery feet, Beyond 90 Seconds, British Columbia, Campbell River, Canada, CTV, Globe and Mail, law enforcement, mysteries, mystery feet, News, oceanography, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Strait of Georgia, true crime, unsolved, unsolved mysteries, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, VENUS, VENUS

NEW/Related:  Washington officials to send piece of footless skeleton to B.C. (Vancouver Sun, July 22) (July 21) How do you have a high-profile investigation about five mystery feet washing-up along the coast of British Columbia and not look into the case of a footless body found washed ashore just across the border? That’s been the [...]

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Breaking News: Missing foot man won't be named

By on July 21, 2008 in B.C. mystery feet, Beyond 90 Seconds, breaking news, British Columbia, Campbell River, Canada, Fraser River, law enforcement, mysteries, mystery feet, oceanography, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Simon Fraser University, Strait of Georgia, unsolved, unsolved mysteries, Vancouver, Vancouver Island

In a case that has fascinated people worldwide, police say they will not release the name of a missing man whose foot washed-up in Canada’s Strait of Georgia. DNA was used to make this first match in the case of the five mystery feet that have surfaced from the waters off the coast of British [...]

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Breaking News: Possible match in mystery feet case

By on July 18, 2008 in B.C. mystery feet, Beyond 90 Seconds, breaking news, Campbell River, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CTV, Fraser River, law enforcement, mysteries, mystery feet, News, oceanography, pigs, police, RCMP, Richard Dewey, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Simon Fraser University, true crime, unsolved, unsolved mysteries, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, VENUS, VENUS

Update: July 19, 6:57pm PST Feet mystery unrelated to downed plane, CTV (link includes VIDEO) DNA testing has eliminated the possibility that the feet found washing ashore in B.C. are linked to two brothers whose bodies were never found after a plane crash in 2005. -CTV (July 18 ) Exclusive CTV video below INVESTIGATORS NOW [...]

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"Mystery Feet" news conference: 2 feet from same man (VIDEO)

By on July 10, 2008 in B.C. mystery feet, Canada, CTV, Horner, mysteries, mystery feet, News, pigs, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Toronto Star, transcript, true crime, unsolved, unsolved mysteries, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, video

New (July 11): New leads emerge after B.C. police reveal shoes… (globeandmail.com) New: CBC News video: (video) New: Cops seek help in solving missing feet mystery (CTV Video) New: Pictures of all 5 shoes (in post below) New: Cororner’s findings, DNA analysis yields more clues in feet mystery (pdf) New: Transcript of opening remarks from [...]

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