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Canadian Foot Linked to Depressed Man

First to be identified in mysterious case of dismembered feet

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 20, 2008 6:46 AM CDT

(AP) – One of five dismembered feet that have mysteriously washed ashore near Vancouver over the past year has been linked by DNA to a depressed man who disappeared a year ago, police announced. Investigators released no other information at the family's request. The foot is the... Read full story »

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