Authorities located more human remains Thursday after conducting a search along the Palos Verdes Peninsula, where a human leg washed on shore a day before.
During the search of the shoreline, officers and coroner investigators recovered a second human leg and a femur, said Palos Verdes Estates Police Capt. Aaron Belda. He said the human leg was found by a hiker.
No other details about the condition of the human parts were provided.
The search was conducted after a human leg washed up along the shoreline in the 800 block of Paseo Del Mar on Wednesday, the same spot where a capsized boat belonging to two fishermen washed up earlier this week.
The department said that a cadaver dog with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was used that day to thoroughly search the area for additional remains, but none were found.
Belda said the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner will try to identify the remains that were found and if the limbs are connected to the capsized boat incident that occurred Dec. 23.
According to police, the men went fishing aboard a small boat Monday afternoon, launching from San Pedro. Weather forecasters had issued a small craft advisory that day, warning boaters in Los Angeles County that there could be waves up to 10 feet high.
The men were reported missing the following morning after they didn’t return from fishing. Shortly after, their overturned boat was discovered by a person along a stretch of a rocky shoreline in Palos Verdes Estates, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The coast guard conducted a search and rescue Christmas Eve for the two men but were forced to suspend the operation the next day amid dangerous surf and high winds.
The boaters’ disappearance came during a week when massive waves damaged the historic Santa Cruz Wharf and a man died after being trapped by debris in high surf at Monterey Bay.
The discovery of the legs and femur marks the second time that human remains have washed up in the same area. Last month a human skull and bones washed ashore in the same area.
Belda said it’s unclear if the femur recently found is connected to that case. He said there are currently no plans to conduct any more searches operations in the area.
Times staff writer Tony Briscoe contributed to this report.
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