Police investigating the discovery of a human bone in a garden say initial DNA tests indicate it belonged to a man and is ‘less than 100 years old’.
Cambridgeshire Police say the find, in the cathedral city of Ely, was reported to the force at around 7pm on Tuesday, September 24.
Scenes-of-crime officers attended the address in John Amner Close and DNA testing was subsequently carried out on the bone.
A spokesperson for the force said: ‘Initial tests on DNA from the bone have concluded it came from a man and is less than 100 years old.
‘The DNA is now being compared to the DNA database and the missing persons database.
‘A scene remains in place at the address while these checks and further tests on the bone take place.’
Police at a house in Ely, Cambridgeshire, where a human bone was discovered (pictured)
A police officer stands by the cordon around the house in Ely, Cambridgeshire
In a previous statement, the force said the ‘bone has been identified as human and tests are being carried out to establish its age’.
Cambridgeshire Police have confirmed this afternoon that the human bone found in a garden is a fibular leg bone.
Police at a house in Ely where a human bone less than 100 years old was found in the garden
Police are investigating after a fibula bone was found in a garden of a house in Ely (pictured)
The fibula is located from the knee joint to the ankle and is smaller and thinner than the tibia.
A police presence has remained outside the home since the discovery.
