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More Teeth Found At Jersey 'Abuse' Home

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More children's teeth have been discovered at a former Jersey children's home at the centre of an abuse investigation.

A further 14 milk teeth were found during a detailed search of Haut de la Garenne, bringing the total number to 27.

Tests on those found earlier in the inquiry have determined that most were "very unlikely to have come out naturally before death".

They also came from at least two children and all were found in underground cellars, apart from one which was located in a courtyard cistern.

As well as teeth, police have also recovered at least 30 charred human bone fragments.

Some had been cut while others were burnt, indicating murder.

One theory is that the victims' bodies had been cremated in a fireplace.

Haut de la Garenne became the centre of a historic abuse inquiry in February after the discovery of what was believed to be part of a child's skull.

It is now thought to be wood or part of a coconut.

But the find prompted scores of people came forward claiming they were abused at the home.

Some talked of underground punishment rooms where they said they were drugged, raped and beaten.

Forensic teams subsequently uncovered a network of four secret underground chambers at the site, where they found the teeth and bone fragments.

In other chambers, officers found shackles, a blood-stained bath and the haunting message "I've been bad for years and years" scrawled on a wooden post.

Police said there are more than 40 suspects.

Three men have been charged in connection with alleged child abuse. A fourth has also been arrested as part of the wider abuse inquiry.

news.sky.com
2008 Jun 11