Mexican investigators have found more than 3,700 pieces of bone during excavations in the house of a suspected female serial killer in the greater Mexico City area.
The bones could come from 17 people, reported Mexican media such as TV Azteca, citing the attorney general of the central state of Mexico.
Accordingly, various objects such as cell phones, jewelry, handbags and key rings were found in the house in the city of Atizapán, which could have belonged to the people.
Contact was made with six relatives of missing persons.
The number of victims could still rise, also because after the excavations in the kitchen and part of the garden have now started work in other living rooms and the basement.
About a month ago, investigators found evidence of further crimes while investigating the murder of a 34-year-old in the suspect's home.
Initial findings indicate that the alleged serial killer has been killing women in his home since 1991 and then dismembered.
Mexico has been plagued by an ongoing drug war for years, with an average of almost 100 homicides per day. For comparison: There were a total of 245 murders in Germany in 2019. In 2020 alone, the Mexican government counted 966 femicides - i.e. murders of women based on their gender.