Authorities in Southern California found more human remains Thursday, a day after a human leg was found on a shoreline near where a capsized ship carrying two fishermen washed up earlier this week.
Officers with the Palos Verdes Estates Police Department responded to a call around 8:20 a.m. on Christmas Day when someone spotted the limb. Fox Los Angeles reported.
On Thursday, authorities found a second human leg and femur, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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A resident walks along an area where land faults have lifted bentonite from the sea and turned into a rocky shoreline due to the ongoing landslide in the Portugieser Bend Beach Club neighborhood in Palos Verdes June 21, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The remains have not been identified. Palos Verdes Estates Police Capt. Aaron Belda told the newspaper that the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office will attempt to identify the remains found and determine whether they are related to the Dec. 23 capsized boat incident.
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The two men went fishing aboard a small boat on Monday afternoon and were reported missing the following day.
Their boat was found overturned near a rocky shore in Palos Verdes Estates US Coast Guard said. A Coast Guard search was conducted on Christmas Eve but was suspended Wednesday because of dangerous conditions, the Times reported.
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Last month, a human skull and bones washed ashore in the same area where the most recent remains were found. Belda said it was unclear whether the recently found femur bone was related to this case, according to the Times.
