St. Louis residents dig up remains after failed police search; department apologizes

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https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-residents-dig-up-remains-after-failed-police-search-department-apologizes/article_ef92610b-d43f-533c-af01-5f3d93c8690e.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

ST. LOUIS — Less than an hour before attending a community meeting Monday evening, St. Louis Alderman Brandon Bosley was digging a hole deep in the dirt of a vacant north city lot in search of a body.

After shoveling with residents for more than an hour, he said he left the lot on North 19th Street finding nothing more than a few nails and pieces of plastic. But as he walked around the corner to his home for a change of clothes to attend a 6 p.m. traffic-calming town hall, his phone rang.

“They said they had found a rib cage and it looked to be human,” he said, telling the Post-Dispatch he went back and could clearly see a ribcage and hip bone in the 4-foot-deep hole.

Residents took the excavation into their own hands after police unsuccessfully combed the area twice. On Wednesday, St. Louis Maj. Ryan Cousins confirmed authorities found complete remains of what they believe is a human body, and the homicide division is now investigating. He also apologized for residents’ frustrations over what they called an insufficient police effort during the initial searches.

Gotta pull out this line and highlight it:

Sanders said she eventually received a call from an officer who told her detectives had already searched the area and asked if she had found a body since then. Sanders said the officer hung up on her when she said she wouldn’t go digging for it herself.

PrOtEcTiNg AnD sErViNg!!!!!!!