Child remains found in cellar of Jersey home

[15 May 2008]

Detectives discovered bone fragments and five teeth in the cellar of Haut de la Garenne children's home.

Experts believe the teeth are from a child of four or five years. Both discoveries were sent to the UK for extensive analysis. Claims of physical and sexual abuse at the children's home have been under investigation for 18 months. Additional horrors that have been found in the investigation include a child's skull buried in a stairwell and shackles in an underground room.

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