Police continue land and water search for body parts west of Toronto

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A Police search dog unit searches the banks of the Credit River in Hewick Meadows Park in Mississauga, Ont., after police discovered a female severed head on Thursday August 16, 2012. Investigators said they found a severed human foot the in the area the previous day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – It will be another of searching at a park west of Toronto where body parts have been discovered.<

A right foot was found by hikers in Hewick Meadows Park on Wednesday and police found a severed head a day later.<

On Friday, two hands were found in the Credit River, which flows through the park.<

Police have yet to confirm the body parts are from one person.<

Investigators believe the remains are female because the foot had yellow painted toes.

Meanwhile, police are also investigating after remains were found in east Toronto, but it has not been confirmed whether those remains are human.

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