Identified! PA - Bustleton, left arm and hand, Pine Road, Mar 2020 - Alexandra Ridgway

[YaYa_521]

Police: Partially decomposed human arm found on roadside in Bustleton

BUSTLETON - Philadelphia police are investigating the discovery of a partially decomposed human arm that was found on the side of the road Monday morning.

• Around 8:40 a.m. - a passerby found a left arm and hand
• 8800 block of Pine Road.
• no victim was found
• no other body parts were located.

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[CCJD]

Identified as Alexandra Ridgway, 29.

Sources tell CBS3 a severed arm and hand found on the side of the road in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood belonged to the victim. A passerby located the remains on the 8800 block of Pine Road, around 8:40 a.m. Monday.
Police Identify Woman Killed In Hit-And-Run On Route 1 In Bucks County As 29-Year-Old Alexandra Ridgway

 

[CCJD]

The sources told NBC10 the initial fingerprint test for the arm matched Ridgway. The rest of the victim's remains were taken to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner.

Investigators have not yet revealed how the body part ended up so far away from the crash scene. The two locations are more than 8 miles apart.
Hit-and-Run Victim's Severed Arm Found in a Different County, Sources Say

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Investigators have not yet revealed how the body part ended up so far away from the crash scene. The two locations are more than 8 miles apart.
Hit-and-Run Victim's Severed Arm Found in a Different County, Sources Say

Yeah, that's curious.

 

[KaylaraOwl]

Oh man, the arm was so messed up that they thought it was decomposed. That's horrifying.

 

[YaYa_521]

The sources told NBC10 the initial fingerprint test for the arm matched Ridgway. The rest of the victim's remains were taken to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner.

Investigators have not yet revealed how the body part ended up so far away from the crash scene. The two locations are more than 8 miles apart.
Hit-and-Run Victim's Severed Arm Found in a Different County, Sources Say

Middletown Township police said Alexandra Ridgway was either walking or trying to cross Route 1 between interstate 295 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike around 3:30 a.m. when the 29-year-old was struck by multiple vehicles traveling southbound.

None of the striking drivers stayed at the scene, police said.

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Investigators have not yet revealed how the body part ended up so far away from the crash scene. The two locations are more than 8 miles apart.
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Ugh! It must be that these remains were either dropped by emergency personnel (highly unlikely) or was attached to then dropped from one of the vehicles involved (more than likely). MOO

Poor Alexandra. May she rest in peace.