Bones found under toilet remain mystery

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Published : May 24, 2016 - 15:23

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A skeleton unearthed last month at a factory restroom in Incheon has yet to be identified, raising concerns the case will go unsolved.

The National Forensic Service reported to police on Monday that tests on the bones had proved unsuccessful after they found no DNA matches on the existing database.

The skeleton was discovered on April 28, buried 40 centimeters below the concrete floor of a toilet on factory premises in Cheoncheon-dong, Incheon.

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It was impossible to tell the age or gender of the bones, which showed no signs of fracture or poisoning.

Police were unable to tell the time or method of death.

The three-story building and the separately standing toilet were all built 26 years ago and had been unoccupied from December 2015.

The police said they will continue to look for a DNA match between the skeleton and the genetics database they hold. The police keep a database of unidentified DNA found at crime scenes, such as those of murder, arson, rape, robbery and sexual crimes involving a minor.

Police have said they are not ruling out the possibility of the victim being a foreign laborer, as the foreign population is relatively denser around the neighborhood compared to elsewhere.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)

Bones found under toilet remain mystery

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