A further 14 milk teeth have been found in cellars at the Haut de la Garenne former children’s home at the centre of an abuse investigation, Jersey police said.
It brings to 27 the total number of teeth found. The children’s teeth were all found in cellars, apart from one which was located in a cistern in the courtyard.
Tests on the teeth discovered earlier revealed that most were “very unlikely to have come out naturally before death”, a police statement said.
Police have also recovered at least 30 charred human bone fragments.
Haut de la Garenne became the centre of a historic abuse inquiry in February after the discovery of what was initially believed to be part of a child’s skull but was later thought to be wood or part of a coconut.
Following the find, scores of people came forward claiming they were abused at the home. Some talked of underground punishment rooms where they said they were drugged, raped and beaten.
Three men have been charged in connection with alleged child abuse at Haut de la Garenne. A fourth man has also been arrested as part of the wider abuse inquiry.
Police said there are more than 40 suspects.
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