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Second hand is found near man’s head below the Hollywood sign

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A second human hand was discovered Wednesday afternoon below the Hollywood sign, hours after another hand was found and a day after dogs discovered a severed head in the hiking area.

Los Angeles Police Department detectives have been moving through a large swath of the Hollywood Hills in Bronson Canyon looking for more body parts and trying to determine what exactly happened.

The head was first discovered at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Bronson Canyon Park near a trail below the Hollywood sign by two people walking nine dogs. The first hand was found Wednesday morning. The second was found in the afternoon, all in the same general location in the shadow of the Hollywood sign.

About 30 detectives were on the scene Wednesday, along with officers trained in searching rough terrain. They had set up a grid to comb the area in search of additional body parts.

Investigators also were going door to door along Canyon Drive to talk to neighbors about whether they witnessed anything unusual -– or if their trash had been displaced.

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-- Alan Zarembo and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times

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