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Fri Oct 21, 2022, 08:43 AM Oct 2022

A car found buried in a California backyard is being checked for possible human remains, police say

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/us/car-found-buried-backyard-atherton-california/index.html

A car found buried in a California backyard is being checked for possible human remains, police say

By Amanda Jackson, CNN
Published 4:08 AM EDT, Fri October 21, 2022

CNN — Authorities are investigating the unusual circumstances surrounding the discovery of a vehicle buried on a residential property about 30 miles south of San Francisco in Atherton, California.

The vehicle was discovered Thursday morning by landscapers working on a project for the current homeowner, according to a news release from Atherton Police Department.

“Due to the unknown nature of why the vehicle was buried, cadaver dogs were called to the scene,” the department said. “The cadaver dogs made a slight notification of possible human remains.”

San Mateo Crime Lab technicians are currently excavating the vehicle and no human remains have been found at this time, police said.

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A car found buried in a California backyard is being checked for possible human remains, police say (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2022 OP
Insurance fraud? Meadowoak Oct 2022 #1
I was scanning Latest Threads just now and grumpyduck Oct 2022 #2
How long does it take to dig a hole for a CAR? viva la Oct 2022 #3
Should be looking for other cars. Bring in the car dogs.. Sneederbunk Oct 2022 #4
It's not unheard of for people to be buried in their cars Auggie Oct 2022 #5

viva la

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3. How long does it take to dig a hole for a CAR?
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 09:28 AM
Oct 2022

Maybe the digger used a backhoe.

Maybe they found Jimmy Hoffa!

The worst "remains" story I heard was that a man bought a house in foreclosure, and the electricity had been off for weeks, and there was a terrible stench. He followed it to a chest freezer and found....

People! Haven't you ever heard of renting a boat and dumping into the ocean???


(Obviously I listen to too many true-crime podcasts....)

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