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| Police investigating the discovery of human body parts in two counties have confirmed a right leg has been found. | Police investigating the discovery of human body parts in two counties have confirmed a right leg has been found. |
| Hertfordshire Police were called shortly before 1245 BST on Tuesday with a report "a body part" was found by the A10 Puckeridge bypass. | |
| The area was cordoned off and officers were brought in to conduct a search. | The area was cordoned off and officers were brought in to conduct a search. |
| The latest find came after a man's head was found in a Leicestershire field and a forearm and left leg from the same body were found in Hertfordshire. | The latest find came after a man's head was found in a Leicestershire field and a forearm and left leg from the same body were found in Hertfordshire. |
| The left leg was found in a field near the A507 at Cottered on 22 March and the forearm was discovered in nearby Wheathampstead a week later. | The left leg was found in a field near the A507 at Cottered on 22 March and the forearm was discovered in nearby Wheathampstead a week later. |
| The head was found on 31 March near a cemetery in Hoby Road, Asfordby. | The head was found on 31 March near a cemetery in Hoby Road, Asfordby. |
| Tests "forensically linked" the head with the forearm and left leg. | |
| During a press conference at Stevenage police station, officers involved in the murder investigation said they had not yet established that the right leg came from the same victim. |