Police investigate after human bone found

A close-up of a brown wooden front door with blue and white police tape running from the front door handle to the garden gate handle to its left, John Amner Close, ElySteve Hubbard/BBC

Scenes of crime officers have attended the scene, according to police

Police are investigating after a human bone was found in a garden.

Cambridgeshire Police said officers were called to John Amner Close, off Lynn Road, in Ely at about 19:00 BST on Tuesday.

A spokesperson said: "Scenes of crime officers have attended the location."

The bone was identified as human and tests are being carried out to establish its age, police added.

The front door of the house has police tape across it and it is currently listed for sale.

Aerial shot showing a police car on the right and the roof of a detached two-storey house and its garden beyond, John Amner Close, ElySteve Hubbard/BBC

Tests are being carried out to establish the age of the bone, which has been identified as human

A yellow and white police car on the right on a driveway and a brick-built two-storey house with three white windows on ground floor and three windows above, plus a brown front door with a window above and to its left and blue and white police tape running from the front door around a hedgeSteve Hubbard/BBC

A police presence remains outside the house following the discovery on Tuesday

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