Decomposing body found in McLaren Park
Bay City News
July 6, 2009
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| A view of a row of homes that sit adjacent to McLaren Park. (Cindy Chew/The Examiner) |
SAN FRANCISCO — A human leg discovered sticking out of the dirt at McLaren Park Monday morning was attached to a body that had been buried in a shallow grave, investigators said.
A Rec and Park cleanup crew discovered the leg while cleaning up a homeless encampment in a small, wooded basin near the Gleneagles Golf Course, according to San Francisco police Sgt. Wilfred Williams. When they pulled back a piece of a blue tarp it revealed a leg, from the thigh down, protruding from the ground,
It was later discovered the leg was attached to a body that had been buried in a shallow grave. At 9 p.m. Monday night an investigator in the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s office said the body had been excavated but could not provide more details.
It was also unclear how long the remains had been there, though the site had begun to smell bad, he said. Williams did not know whether the leg was clothed or not, or what gender or race the victim may have been.
The homicide unit was handling the investigation, but it was too soon to say Monday evening whether the person died of natural or unnatural causes, Williams said.
kworth@sfexaminer.com
