3,787 BONES OF 17 VICTIMS DUG UP FROM UNDER SERIAL KILLER’S HOUSE IN MEXICO

Investigators digging under the house of a suspected serial killer on the outskirts of Mexico City have said they have found 3,787 bone fragments so far, apparently belonging to 17 different victims.

Prosecutors in the State of Mexico, which borders Mexico City, suggested the grisly finds may not end there. In excavations carried out since May 17, authorities have dug up the floors of the house where the suspect lived.

They now plan to extend the search to the soil beneath several other rooms he rented out on the same property.

ID cards and other possessions from people who disappeared years ago were found at the junk-filled home, suggesting the trail of killings may go back years.

The number of bone fragments found underneath concrete floors at the suspect’s home would imply the corpses may have been hacked into tiny pieces.

That could make sense: the suspect, identified by prosecutors only as “Andrés”, was formerly a butcher and in fact sectioned and filleted his last victim.

“The bones fragments are being subjected to lateralisation’ studies, which include carefully cleaning each one, identifying what part of the body they are and then placing them in their anatomical position, providing a method for determining the approximate number of victims,” the prosecutors’ office said on Saturday.

“This analysis indicates that, up to now, the bone fragments found may possibly be those of 17 people,” the statement said.

Mexican authorities have not released the full name of the 72-year-old suspect under Mexican laws protecting a suspect’s identity.