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Article: Teenage girl's skull found in city skip.(News)

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Birmingham Mail (England)
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May 26, 2006
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Byline: By Alison Dayani and Jasbir Authiz

THE skull of a teenage girl has been discovered dumped inside a bag in a Birmingham skip.

The gory find was made by a shocked householder in Oxford Road, Acocks Green.

He was annoyed that someone had dumped a bag among his debris, and opened it up to find the human remains last night.

Today a major West Midlands Police investigation was under way. Detective Chief Inspector Sally Holmes said forensic tests today showed the human skull was genuine and from a teenage girl who probably died a few years ago.

"We believe this teenager has probably been dead for some time, but all we have ...

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