(Source: Springfield News-Leader, February 10, 2012)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The human arm traveled halfway across the country for nearly a month before finally falling from a train in Springfield on Monday. On Friday, police identified the man who lost the limb.
William E. Escudero, 29, of Libby, Mont., died when he stepped in front of a train in Libby, according to a news release from the Springfield Police Department.
The arm appears to have been caught in the undercarriage of the train and was not found during the initial investigation of the death.
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