U.S. body may be linked to Canadian feet

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 19 (UPI) -- A Washington state coroner wants to determine whether any of the severed feet that have washed up in British Columbia came from a body in the San Juan Islands.

The body, which was discovered on Orcas Island by a hiker in March 2007, remains unidentified, The Vancouver Sun reported. Both hands and feet and the right arm were missing.

Randall Gaylord, the coroner for San Juan County, told the newspaper he got in touch with authorities in British Columbia Thursday.

Constable Annie Linteau of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said recently the five feet found on beaches in British Columbia appear to have been "naturally disarticulated" after death.

Police said one foot has been identified as belonging to a missing man, CTV News reported. The man's family told police he had been depressed.