Monterey police search for the identity of a severed leg 14 years later; DA’s office

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- Monterey police and DA's office announced Thursday that the lower half of a human leg discovered on December 30, 2010 on a beach in Monterey, received a DNA test concluding that the leg does not match any missing person's report from that time.

They said that after DNA samples were received by the California Department of Justice’s MUPS DNA database (Missing and Unidentified Persons Section), they couldn't find any DNA match. They say that the leg, intact below the knee, seems to have been in the ocean for several weeks.

The departments did announce, however, that "the initial results of the FGG testing have identified the leg as belonging to a Southeast Asian male (Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian). A forensic anthropologist has tentatively identified the male’s age as being between 20-50 years old."

They also say that multiple agencies collaborated to try and identify the person with no success.

The police department and DA's office is asking anyone from the community with information on the person matching the description, to please contact Monterey Police Department Cold Case Investigator Bill Clark at (831) 646-3971 or bclark@monterey.org.

They say that they can possibly identify the man and why his remains ended up in Monterey Bay if a family member is located and the DNA matches.