Newspaper Leglines

This has to be one of the more bizarre headlines I've seen in the SJ-R lately

Legs found near Divernon

The story is pretty gruesome too:

DIVERNON - Authorities Tuesday searched a wooded area off Interstate 55 near Divernon, where a pair of mummified human legs were found by all-terrain vehicle riders Monday night.

No other human remains were discovered, police said. A cadaver dog from the Sangamon County Rescue Squad assisted the search.

The legs are believed to be a woman's because of polish on the toenails, sources said.

A group of ATV riders found the legs about 8 p.m. Monday near exit 80 and ontacted authorities. The Illinois State Police and the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office are conducting a joint investigation.

Sangamon County Coroner Susan Boone said the legs were taken to Memorial Medical Center, where a forensic pathologist examined them Tuesday.

"We're just calling them partial remains now because it's an ongoing investigation," she said. "The state police are doing the investigation, so we'll just kind of throw it back to them and see what comes up.

A Springfield police spokesman said they do not believe the legs belong to anyone from the city.

Now, how do they know that? Springfield legs are distinctive?

It was not known whether investigators were looking into the possibility that the legs are from a woman whose torso was found last summer off Interstate 70
about 50 miles west of St. Louis.

OK, that's enough. Read the rest of the story without me.