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The incident began on the afternoon of the 10th at the Southern Living Resource Recovery Center located in Songdo-dong, Incheon. A worker who was sorting recycling waste flowing down a conveyor belt initially thought it was part of a mannequin, but upon sensing its unusual shape and condition, he immediately reported it to the police. The discovered part was the part of the leg extending from below the left knee to the heel. The length was approximately 40 cm, and the foot size was measured to be approximately 210 to 220 mm. According to the testimony of officials at the scene, the object was wrapped in bandages and was black in color due to significant decomposition. To date, no additional body parts or artifacts have been found within the facility, making it a key task in the investigation to determine how the bridge got here.

The police took this incident seriously and formed a large-scale investigation headquarters with 64 members headed by the Chief of Yeonsu Police Station. The Incheon Police Agency's Metropolitan Crime Investigation Unit and the training department's strong team have been deployed to thoroughly uncover the links between the crimes. As a result of an autopsy and detailed genetic analysis requested by the National Institute of Forensic Science, the object was determined to be clearly human tissue. However, it is difficult to immediately determine the exact age or gender of the body due to severe damage and post-mortem shrinkage or drying. The police are conducting an investigation while keeping all possibilities open, and are concentrating their investigative power on analyzing closed circuit television (CCTV) in the surrounding area and retracing the recycling waste collection route.

Noting the small size of the foot found, the police are conducting an extensive investigation to identify the victim, considering the possibility that she was a minor or a woman. In particular, we are busy working with education authorities to urgently check the status of students absent for long periods of time from elementary, middle, and high schools in the Incheon region to confirm whether there are missing children or minor victims. The Office of Education is also actively cooperating with the investigation by sending official letters to schools asking them to do their best to manage students with unrecognized absences. Tensions are rising among teachers in the field as concerns spread that they may be unknowing student victims, but so far, no direct abnormalities have been reported in the educational field.

This incident exposes the loopholes in the recycling system and at the same time raises serious questions about how far our society goes to ignore someone's tragedy. Structural limitations that make it difficult to accurately trace where collected waste came from are a major cause of difficulties in investigations. The center handles waste discharged from homes and commercial areas in Yeonsu-gu and Jung-gu, Incheon. The collection radius is large, so it is expected to take a considerable amount of time to identify the culprit or determine the inflow route. Police are investigating the area near the collection site to discover additional body parts, and are focusing on reconstructing all circumstances to find any clues to the crime scene.