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Remains of body found inside sharkGALVESTON, Tex. (UPD-Shrimp boat captain Jimmy Knmscy's eyes widened at the sight of the 14-foot tiger shark thrashing against his nets. He hud wanted the jawbones of such a creature as a souvenir lor a long time.But he didn’t expect a human skeleLon.Flamsey and his crew netted the shark about 12 miles off Galvesicn Island. They lifted the struggling 400-pouixi shark onto the deck of the Cape Willie Wednesday and killed it.“They laid this damn ol' shark down on the deck and cut the jawbones nut and then lifted it to swing it overboard when the remains fell out,” Galveston County medical investigator Toney Solano said Thursday.“The captain saw the stuff spilling out. They swung it overboard and dropped il and when he turned back he recognized the human remains. He did lose some of the remains but what he kept was damn near a full skeleton/'Solano said a jawbone, part of the skull, a hand, an arm and leg bones spilled out onto the boat’s deck.Ramsey turned the body parts over to the Coast Guard and Solano began the task of trying to find an identity.•'We did get a lot of help in that we recovered one of the jawbones containing a full set of teeth with extensive dental repairs and gold caps,” Solano said. “This Is going to help a whole heck of a lot.”Solano said the body may be that of a victim or a Gulf disasler such as the crash or a helicopter off Cameron, La., last week in which 11 oil rig workers and the pilol were killed.He said they didn't have enough information to determine if the victim was alive or dead when eaten by the shark.“The victim probably will be listed in one of the disasters off the coast,” Solano said. “We do have a marine biologist working to determine how the remains were in the shark.AUTO PARTS ACCESSORIESFAMOUS BRAND NAMES
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Delta Democrat Times
Greenville, Mississippi, US
Fri, Apr 30, 1976
Page 14
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