Kirkby home sealed off after bag of bones found in back garden

18 October 2024 , 17:54

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The human remains were found in the back garden of a Liverpool home ( Image: Liverpool Echo)

The human remains were found in a home in Kirkby, Liverpool, today while construction company workers were digging up a back garden - it is being established if they are human

A Liverpool home has been locked down after a bag of bones was discovered in the back garden.

Merseyside Police confirmed officers were called following a report of unidentified bones being found in a garden in Kirkby at about 10:45am today. Officers said the bones were found inside a bag while someone had been digging near an outhouse in the garden. 

It is understood the human remains were found by a constriction company. A photo at the scene showed a cordon had been erected close to where the earth had been dug up.

A Merseyside Police spokesperson told Mirror affiliate, the Liverpool Echo: "Officers are in attendance on Stourton Road, Kirkby, today following a report unidentified bones had been discovered in a garden.

"We were called just before 10.45am to the report a man had found the bones in a bag while digging in a back garden. The discovery is being analysed to establish whether the bones are animal or human."

Henry Morgan