The real world of forensic science is expanding rapidly. Research is finding new ways to extract clues from the dead.
But a bizarre case pushes the forensics to the limit. Something terrible is washing up the coast of western Canada. human feet. Investigators have nothing to do. How to complete a puzzle with only one piece?
A 12-year-old girl walks along the beach on Jedidah Island, British Columbia, in 2007. She tripped over a man’s sneakers. Curiosity forces them to look inward. She found the remains of a human foot.
Six days later, 30 miles away, a couple found another foot on Gabriola Island. The two do not walk together. You all have right feet.
Five months later, on nearby Isla Valdes, loggers found the third shoe. It is also the man’s right foot. Nine months after the first foot was discovered, rangers on Kirkland Island have found the correct shoe for a woman. Inside was a rotting foot.
