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The site where builders uncovered the bag of suspected human bones(Image: SWNS)<\/p>\nTwo builders uncovered a plastic bag containing what they believe to be human bones on October 6 in Doncaster, prompting South Yorkshire Police to cordon off a 50-metre area for investigation<\/p>\n
21:06, 09 Oct 2025Updated 21:28, 09 Oct 2025<\/p>\n
The site where builders uncovered the bag of suspected human bones(Image: SWNS)<\/p>\n
Builders working near a churchyard in South Yorkshire<\/a> were left horrified after digging up a plastic bag containing “human bones” – sparking a police investigation.<\/p>\n Officers sealed off a 50-metre area outside a cemetery at St Wilfrid’s Parish Church, off Church Lane in Doncaster<\/a>, after the gruesome discovery on Monday. Two builders were clearing overgrown ground with a digger to install a wooden fence when they unearthed a black plastic bag filled with what looked like parts of a “dismembered body”.<\/p>\n One of the workers, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “It’s almost as if someone has chucked the bones behind the wall and put some grass and soil over them to hide it.”<\/p>\n Describing the grim find, he said: “We were removing a top layer of grass and soil next to a four-foot stone wall so we could drive in some fence posts about a metre behind it. The area we were digging was about three metres from the closest grave.”<\/p>\n He continued: “We must have removed one or two feet worth of overgrowth when we came across the black plastic bag. It split and all of a sudden bones and a jaw still containing teeth rolled out in front of us. We were shocked when we saw the bones as it isn’t something you dig up every day.”<\/p>\n The workers contacted their company, who then alerted police. Within hours, police arrived and cordoned off the area before crime scene investigators probed the remains, the builders said.<\/p>\n Photos appear to show a jawbone, teeth still intact, alongside a pile of bones – including what one of the men believed could be a skull. The workers said nothing else was found inside the bag.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Police-launch-investigation-after-builder-dig-up-black-bag-containing-human-bones.jpg\")
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‘Human bones’ discovered outside a cemetery at St Wilfrid’s Parish Church, off Church Lane, Doncaster(Image: SWNS)<\/p>\n
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Images appear to show a human jawbone with teeth still intact(Image: SWNS)<\/p>\n