Severed Foot Found in Construction Site Debris
Employees at a Topanga Canyon dump found a work boot containing a recently severed foot in dirt that was dropped off Monday from a construction site at Fox Studios in Century City, sheriff’s officials said.
After the 9:30 a.m. discovery, sheriff’s and Los Angeles police detectives scoured the dump and the construction site at Avenue of the Stars and Pico Boulevard looking for other body parts, sheriff’s homicide Capt. Ray Peavy said. Construction workers and a bloodhound helped in the search, but no evidence was found by nightfall.
“This could be a case of foul play or some kind of accident,” Peavy said.
The task is complicated by the fact that dirt and rubble from the construction site was taken to several locations throughout the region, he said.
The public is barred from the Fox Studios site but construction workers, subcontractors and delivery trucks have access.
Fox and construction contractors told authorities that they can account for their employees, Peavy said.
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