Down Under News Flesh!
Police are awaiting results of DNA testing to determine if a grisly find of suspected flesh on a Victorian beach is further remains of a 27-year-old woman who disappeared last month.
Childcare teacher Raechel Betts was last seen on August 11.
The DNA lab could have preliminary results ready for homicide detectives by as early as Monday, four days after jogger Peter Shaw made the grisly discovery as he ran along Ventnor Beach on Phillip Island.
Police launched an air and sea search near the site for further clues as the woman's family pleaded for anyone with information to come forward.
Three weeks ago, Ms Betts' leg washed up on Newhaven beach, also on Phillip Island, and ferry passengers spotted a second leg a day later but it was never recovered.
Ms Betts was last seen alive when she told friends she was meeting a person or group at the Waterdale Rd shops in Heidelberg Heights in the city's north at about 6pm.
On the night she disappeared, she parked her car several hundred metres away in Glover St, and was wearing khaki green cotton pants and a white, green and brown `Guess' brand clutch bag and green hemp `Ruby' brand overnight sized bag. The culprit may have been identified as Mr Tooth aka "the Shark" as he was spotted carrying a hand bag.
Oh, the poor dear!
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