Police have found a dead child in a life jacket in the sea at Karmøy on Friday. 

“We found remains of what is probably a child,” on-duty lawyer Erik Engløkk in the Southwest Police District told news bureau NTB.

He said that the circumstances indicate that the person may have been in the water for a long time and that so far, there is nothing to indicate that this is a criminal act.

Not identified

Engløkk said that it is difficult to say anything about how long the dead person may have been in the water.

“It is more likely months than weeks or days,” he said.

The person has not yet been identified and will now be sent for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. 

The police ID group will work to determine the identity of the dead person.

Engløkk noted that it would probably take some time to determine the person’s identity and the cause of death with certainty.

Could be from abroad

“For the time being, we believe that this may be an accident. The child may have drifted ashore after a boating accident outside the country’s borders,” Engløkk said.

He added that the mark on the clothes and life jacket might indicate that it is a person from abroad, but he emphasized that it could not be ruled out that the person is Norwegian.

On Saturday, the emergency services will conduct a search in the area where the dead person was found.

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