PASCO — The discovery of an apparent piece of human scalp has puzzled police knocking on doors to try to determine the source.
“At this point it appears to be human,” police Capt. James Raymond told the Tri-City Herald newspaper on Tuesday. “We’re taking a leap that the person it belongs to probably is not alive.”
Eriberta Salinas told KNDO-KNDU TV her 4-month-old puppy Clifford brought home the apparent piece of scalp with dark red or red and gray hair Sunday from a back yard in the neighborhood.
Police went door to door in the east side of this central Washington town for about five hours Monday to ask neighbors if they had seen any red-haired strangers in the area lately.
The apparent piece of scalp has been sent to a crime laboratory for analysis.
“Someone out there is probably not living, and so that’s really what the priority is: Where is this person?” Raymond said.
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