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Human skeleton found outside Japan’s Universal Studios: police

This, after discovery of skull on Wednesday, suspected to be part of it

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 15 Oct 2022 12:30PM

Human skeleton found outside Japan’s Universal Studios: police
Police say ten officers searched the area with two sniffer dogs and found the rest of the skeleton and a pair of trousers attached with a men’s belt in the same area. – Wikipedia pic, October 15, 2022

TOKYO – An entire human skeleton has been found outside Universal Studios Japan theme park, police said today, after conducting a search following the discovery of a skull suspected to be part of it.

On Wednesday, a Universal Studios staff member found what appeared to be a human skull and an upper jaw, along with other bones, while pruning plants by the popular amusement park in the western city of Osaka. 

Ten police officers then searched the area with two sniffer dogs and found the rest of the skeleton, according to an officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“We found the possible entire skeleton and a pair of trousers attached with a men’s belt in the same area,” the officer said.

Police will carry out an analysis next week to find out the gender and age of the deceased, he added.

Universal Studios Japan was established in 2001 as the first Universal Studios theme park outside the United States and is a popular tourist draw. – AFP, October 15, 2022

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