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Match found for latest human foot in British Columbia

Feb 17, 2016, 7:36 AM | Updated: 1:52 pm

The latest foot was found found Feb. 12 near Port Renfrew. The foot was in a size 12 New Balance sh...

The latest foot was found found Feb. 12 near Port Renfrew. The foot was in a size 12 New Balance shoe, which was the same size, color and model of another shoe found with a foot in it Feb. 7. (MyNorthwest)

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The latest severed foot to be discovered off the coast of Vancouver Island has a match.

The latest foot was found found Feb. 12 near Port Renfrew. The foot was in a size 12 New Balance shoe, which was the same size, color and model of another shoe found with a foot in it Feb. 7.

Related: 13th foot washes ashore in British Columbia

The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed the latest foot found near Port Renfrew matches the other, The Vancouver Sun reports.

The foot found on Feb. 12 was the 14th to wash up on B.C.’s coast since 2007.

The Sun reports investigators have been told to look into missing-persons cases.

Though there are no clues as to how the person died, examinations revealed the feet most likely detached from the body naturally in the water, the Sun reports. Investigators believe the feet likely floated from Victoria.

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