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Tampa Police Divers Find More Body Parts In McKay Bay Friday

Tampa police are investigating the gruesome discovery of a severed leg by fishermen in McKay Bay. Police divers found additional body parts.

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Tampa police are seeking the public's help to identify the person whose leg was found by fishermen in McKay Bay Thursday afternoon. (Tampa Police file photo)
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This is a photo of a tattoo on the severed leg. (Matthew Kirkpatrick/Tampa Police)

TAMPA, FL A — Tampa police are seeking the public's help to identify the person whose leg was found by fishermen in McKay Bay Thursday afternoon.

The leg, which appears to belong to a Caucasian person, has a tattoo just beneath the lower right calf that that has three hearts with the names Sean, Greg and Zach written on each heart.

Fishermen made the gruesome discovery at 4:25 p.m. The discovered the leg floating in McKay Bay at the 22nd Street Causeway Licata Bridge in Port Tampa.

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Detectives and police divers responded to the scene and recovered additional body parts just before noon Friday.

If anyone recognizes the tattoo, contact the Tampa police non-emergency line at 813-231-6130 or contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS.

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