Hand found in Staten Island park belongs to woman who died in 2011 and was buried nearby, NYPD says
NEW YORK -- The NYPD says human remains discovered by a man walking his dog at a Staten Island park belong to a 63-year-old woman who died in 2011.
The dog walker found a hand in a wooded area near Amboy and Cunningham Roads in Pleasant Plains on Friday.
Investigators say they were able to identify the remains after running the fingerprints.
According to police, the woman was buried in the nearby Resurrection Cemetery. They say her casket was damaged when the plot next to hers was excavated in February.
Her hand somehow made it into the soil from that excavation, which was put in a tree-lined area, and police say over time, the hand ended up in the park.
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