The curious case of the found left arm

A man’s arm was found in Nangalisan River in Sablan, Benguet last July 17.

According to Police Inspector Douglas Akistoy Jr., they received a report regarding the found arm and they immediately responded with Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO).

Akistoy said that the arm may possibly be from a person who drowned and his body got dismembered from the rough current of the river.

However, Akistoy also said that it is possible that the arm may have come from a hospital where its hospital waste recently polluted the river.

But according to Cordillera SOCO Chief Rodrigo Leal, one person went to their office to inform them about a relative who was missing since Sunday.

“The parents of the missing person will be brought to the SOCO office tomorrow for the collection of standard or reference DNA sample. Antemortem fingerprints from the NBI, police or COMELEC will also be retrieved,” he said Thursday.

“Another body part was discovered in the same area after lunch last Thursday but my examination concluded that it was non-human (it was a slab of a decomposing thigh part of a cow actually),” he added.

The arm was brought to a funeral parlor for fingerprint test and DNA examination.