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Bones found on Salisbury Beach are misidentified

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SALISBURY — Massachusetts State Police has misidentified two sets of bones recovered on Salisbury Beach as those of a human foot and a small bone in the lower arm.

The bones, found by passersby frequenting the beach on separate occasions this past month, were initially believed to be a human foot and an ulna, leaving a family hopeful they belonged to that of missing boater Joakim “Joe” Courteau of Derry, New Hampshire.

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