
Police suspected the leg had been severed – possibly by a saw or a knife – less than 24 hours prior to the discovery because it had not yet decomposed. They were searching for more possible remains.
Police were considering several options: that the leg belonged to a migrant worker injured by machinery in a factory accident; murder; or that it had been amputated from a diabetes patient. They said the fact that the leg was found with the bag, which is of the type used in hospitals, gave more weight to the amputation theory.