A HORRIFIED homeless man who found a human skull whilst sifting through a wheelie-bin sparked a murder inquiry in the east-coast city of Alicante this week.
But the person who put it there has come forward and confessed to police.
The young man went to the station voluntarily after reading about the skull in the news to explain what had happened.
He turned out to be a medical student at Alicante University who had been studying the skull for a science project.
The undergraduate was able to show paperwork revealing he had permission from the faculty and also from the city council to be in possession of human remains for research purposes, and to dispose of them when they were no longer needed.
Accordingly, he put the skull in the bin on the C/ Doctor José Luis de la Vega when his project for college was complete.
All documentation was checked and followed up, together with details of the skull to account for its origin, and found to be above board.
“We can confirm there are no signs of criminal activity in this case, which has now been closed,” the National Police stated.
The photograph shows a set of wheelie-bins on a street in a town in the Comunidad Valenciana region, where Alicante is located.
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