All news on the topic: Human remains

A funeral boss who gave families the wrong ashes and kept bodies on stretchers on the floor in filthy storage boxes is being sentenced from today in front of the horrified loved ones of those whose bodies he mishandled.

A grisly trail of body parts strewn across a paradise island beach marked the end of a brutal kidnap gone horribly wrong, but the story began with one Instagram post.

Police have confirmed that remains initially thought to be a “child’s body” found near a Devon village were in fact a “childlike sex doll”.

A woman in Kentucky expecting to open a box full of medicine instead found a pair of human arms and a number of human fingers on ice.

Human remains have been discovered in the coastal Watch Hill area of Westerly, Rhode Island (USA), not far from the estate of American singer Taylor Swift.

A man who uncovered the remains of a 100-year-old dead baby underneath a floorboard says he is still traumatised by the event months later.

Police are investigating after construction workers made a horrific discovery at a house in Bishop Auckland.

A man has been charged with the murder of two men after the discovery of human remains in suitcases at Clifton Suspension Bridge and a flat in west London.

Human remains found in a south London park have been identified as Sarah Mayhew, 38.

Cops have given a major update on a headless human torso found wrapped in plastic.

Police have confirmed that the human remains found in Kersal Wetlands in Manchester likely belonged to a man in his 40s - officials are using ’all forensic techniques available to identify him’