No further discoveries in search of Bath park after human feet found
A search of the park area where three severed human feet were found this year has concluded with no new discoveries, police have said.
Officers searched Weston Park East in Bath, where the first foot was found by dog walkers in February.
A second foot was found in a garden of a property in Weston Park in July, and another was found in a garden in nearby Cranwells Park two weeks ago.
Police said the feet were all likely to have been medical exhibits.
Det Insp Paul Catton, of Avon and Somerset Police, said he "strongly believed" the finds had originated from "an old private collection".
"There's no evidence so far to suggest a crime has been committed but I would like to close this investigation knowing that is the case, and I would appeal to anyone who has any evidence about the source of these remains to get in touch," he said.
"We're doing what we can to protect the public from making any more of these unpleasant discoveries."
Police believe the feet were unearthed by animals, or that animals disturbed the location where they were stored.
The third foot, found on 5 August, is still undergoing tests.
Det Insp Catton said: "Regulations are significantly stricter these days compared to several decades ago and we believe the source is most probably someone who used the feet as a teaching aid.
"It is also possible these feet may have been found by someone who has then innocently buried them in an attempt to dispose of them."