Crime and Crooks

No sooner did I publish my post on the five detached human feet floating ashore near Vancouver when reports of a sixth foot broke. This makes the fifth right foot, proving at least five bodies are missing their feet. Authorities have not yet linked the lone left foot found Monday to any of the right ones.

Talk of victims from a float plane crash in the area over three years ago no longer seems the answer as only four male bodies remain lost. One of the found feet last month was rumored to be in a women's running shoe. Also, DNA testing revealed no matches to any of the crash victims' family members.

The sixth foot was in a man's size 10 black Adidas running shoe. Someone found this foot near Campbell river, a ways north of the other five feet. Some sources report this foot has been "sawed off" rather than separated naturally at the ankle bone, but these statements come from witnesses without expertise rather than police.

What's puzzling from my perspective is the asymmetry of the recovered feet and the absence of other body parts that naturally detach and float after lengthy submersion, like heads and hands. This would be an unusual serial killer calling card scenario. These murderers commonly pose bodies, make distinct mutilations and leave the whole corpse behind or place a certain object at crime scenes. To toss severed feet into the bay for discovery would be different, to say the least. Anything's certainly possible, but I continue to believe the deaths were accidental at this point.

We'll see what washes up tomorrow...