UPDATE
Feb 22, 2024 11:42 AM CST
The disturbing mystery of a severed leg found on subway tracks in the Bronx may have been solved. Police sources tell the New York Post and PIX11 that investigators believe the leg is that of a man who was fatally hit by a train at the Spring Street subway station in Manhattan on Feb. 12, five days before the leg was found on tracks 9 miles away. Earlier reports said the leg was spotted by a train operator, but the Post's sources say it was found by workers clearing snow from the tracks. The sources say the man, whose identity hasn't been disclosed, either fell or jumped onto the tracks at Spring Street, and his left leg couldn't be found during the initial investigation.
Feb 19, 2024 4:01 PM CST
The New York Police Department is investigating a gruesome mystery in the Bronx. Police say a human leg was found on subway tracks Saturday afternoon, but they don't know whose leg it is or how it got there, ABC7 reports. Police say a subway train operator spotted the leg on an elevated section of track between 167th and 170th streets on the No. 4 subway line, per NBC New York. The leg has been handed over to the city's medical examiner. Police say they're trying to determine whether a crime was committed.