‘Bag of bones’ found by staff doing routine sorting at Australian op shop are confirmed to be human
- Bag of bones found during routine sorting at op shop in Melbourne this month
- The bag was found during a routine sorting at Sacred Heart Mission op shop
- Forensic examination found though bones were human they were for teaching
A bag of bones found during a routine sorting at an op shop in Melbourne earlier this month have been confirmed as human.
The Sacred Heart Mission op shop in Prahran discovered the bones while going through donated items.
‘Everyone was very curious about the donation,’ Sacred Heart op shop area coordinator Trish Williams told Fairfax.
Forensic anthropologist Dr Soren Blau conducted an examination of the bones and found them to have been used for teaching
‘It caused a bit of excitement on the day for us and our op shop customers, especially when police came.’
Forensic anthropologist Dr Soren Blau conducted an examination of the bones and found them to have been used for teaching.
‘It was clear as day to me that the remains were of no forensic significance,’ said Dr Soren Blau, forensic anthropologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine.
The bones had drill holes and writing indicating they had been part of a display.
Sacred Heart Mission is a charity that helps people in poverty and it raises most of its funding through its op shops.
Sacred Heart Mission is a charity that helps people in poverty and it raises most of its funding through its op shops
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