French police open murder investigation after human feet found

He alerted the police who, while combing the area, found a second foot in an identical shoe near the river in Méricourt, about 70 kilometres northwest of Paris, a police source said.

Investigators have not yet been able to identify the person.

The boot size is a European 43 (9.5 UK, 10 US).

Prosecutors said opening a formal homicide investigation allowed them to deploy the widest range of investigative tools to solve the case. They cautioned that there was no certainty that a murder had actually taken place.