Kids Find Human Leg While Fishing in Mississippi Lake

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According to police, the leg was taken to the medical examiner's office to start a DNA process in an effort to identify who it belonged to.

A human leg was found in a small lake in Mississippi after a group of kids were fishing on Sunday, sparking a police investigation.According to local news station WLBT, Flowood Police Chief Eric Zetterholm said a group of kids were fishing at Primos Lake in Rankin County, Mississippi, when one of the kids' lure snagged a human leg that had a sock on it.Once the kids pulled in the leg, police were immediately called as the Rankin County coroner arrived at the location.

This is not the first time human remains have been found in a body of water.Last week, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigated an incident where apparent human remains suddenly washed up on a Florida beach.A person was walking along the beach at around 7:40 a.m. last Thursday when they stumbled upon the remains, according to a post by the PBSO. Police were unable to identify the remains, which local news station CBS 12 reported were mostly skeletonized.

 

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