Family dog comes home with human hand

Brownsville, Texas - A family dog in Mission brought home a severed human hand, launching a search that turned up the body of a suspected illegal immigrant, police said. Police were called to a residence around 8:25 a.m. on reports that the family’s black Labrador retriever had the hand in its mouth. Police searched with the assistance of Border Patrol search dogs for about 2 1/2 hours before coming upon the body of a man near a canal. Tittle said the body appeared to have been there two to three weeks, and that the man’s clothing had paperwork leading officials to believe he was an illegal immigrant.  More