Police Say Skeletal Hand Not Human
Remains Washed Up On Diamond Head Beach

POSTED: 11:29 am HST December 28, 2009
UPDATED: 11:42 am HST December 28, 2009
Police Say Skeletal Hand Not Human] Police Say Skeletal Hand Not Human]
HONOLULU -- Honolulu police now say the skeletal remains of what appeared to be a human hand are that of an animal.

Police homicide investigators thought they might have a mysterious case, after a patrol officer found what seemed to be the skeletal remains of a human hand washed up on the beach at Diamond Head.

The officer made the discovery early Saturday morning. The case was referred to homicide.

A detective from the missing persons detail told KITV on Monday that the Honolulu Police Department has determined the bones were from an animal, not a human hand.

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