[color="Sienna"]Texas pooch has Ranch hand special; authorities find body

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Posted on August 11, 2011 at 4:38 PM

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MISSION, Texas -- South Texas police have found a man's body after a dog brought home a human hand, which set off a search.

Mission Police spokesman Sgt. Jody Tittle says police found the unidentified man near a canal after searching for about two hours with the help of a Border Patrol K-9.

The spot where the body was found is less than a mile from the Rio Grande.

Assistant Chief Martin Garza told The Monitor in McAllen that the death would be treated as a homicide until proved otherwise.

Investigators estimated the body had been there for about three weeks.

The homeowner alerted police to the discovery after his dog brought the hand into the yard Thursday morning.