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Probe continues after head find Officers probe body parts 'link'
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Investigations are continuing into the discovery of a human head in a field close to a cemetery in Leicestershire. Detectives are trying to establish if the discovery of a human head in Leicestershire is connected to earlier body part finds in Hertfordshire.
Officers have been searching the scene near Hoby Road, Asfordby, where the head was found by a member of the public on Tuesday afternoon. Officers are searching the scene near Hoby Road in Asfordby where the head was found on Tuesday.
It is not yet clear whether the head belonged to a man or woman.
Hertfordshire Police have linked the discovery of part of an arm in Wheathampstead on Monday with a leg found in nearby Cottered on 22 March.Hertfordshire Police have linked the discovery of part of an arm in Wheathampstead on Monday with a leg found in nearby Cottered on 22 March.
Leicestershire Police are not yet linking their inquiry to any others. Leicestershire Police have said it is too early to link their inquiry with any others.
Police said it was not clear at this stage whether the head belonged to a man or woman.
Det Supt Julia McKechnie, who is leading the investigation, said: "Our main priority in the initial stages is to determine the identity of the person involved.Det Supt Julia McKechnie, who is leading the investigation, said: "Our main priority in the initial stages is to determine the identity of the person involved.
"This will largely be determined by the forensic investigations which could take some days to complete."This will largely be determined by the forensic investigations which could take some days to complete.
"In the meantime we're looking into the circumstances surrounding the discovery, but are keeping an open mind as to why and how the head came to be in the field."In the meantime we're looking into the circumstances surrounding the discovery, but are keeping an open mind as to why and how the head came to be in the field.
"It is too early to confirm whether it is linked to any crime or investigation being undertaken by colleagues in other forces, but we are naturally liaising with other forces as you would expect in an inquiry of this nature.""It is too early to confirm whether it is linked to any crime or investigation being undertaken by colleagues in other forces, but we are naturally liaising with other forces as you would expect in an inquiry of this nature."