Police warning after spate of distraction thefts

A police force is warning people to be careful with their possessions, following a series of distraction thefts in supermarket car parks.

Wiltshire Police said such thefts have taken place in Chippenham, Melksham and Devizes recently and mostly targeted elderly and disabled people.

In each case the victims were approached by someone posing as a charity worker, who distracted them and took money from them.

PC Mark Giles, from Wiltshire Police, said: "We are asking for people to be on their guard in supermarket car parks and report any suspicious behaviour to us."

He said: "The offenders seem to be targeting vulnerable customers, using disabled bays and then taking advantage of their good nature supporting charities to distract them."

Authorities have identified body parts found in a freezer earlier this year in Colorado as belonging to a teenager who went missing nearly two decades ago. The Mesa County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the remains are those of Amanda Leariel Overstreet, who had not been seen since April 2005. Her head and hands were discovered in a freezer at a home in Grand Junction, about 240 miles west of Denver, in January. Overstreet was the biological daughter of the home's previous owners. The remains were found when the new owners, who had recently purchased and remodeled the home, attempted to give away the freezer. Investigators have emphasized that the current owners are not connected to the case. Overstreet's disappearance had never been formally reported, and the case remains under investigation, according to the sheriff's office.