A decapitated head and several other body parts were found in a park in Paris, France.
Police searched Buttes-Chaumont Park around 11am on Valentine’s Day and discovered the body parts, belonging to a woman, in plastic bags.
The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the development but provided little other information.
Investigators continue to search the 25 hectares of the park and the surrounding streets, which are currently cordoned off. A diving team is also searching the lake in the park.
The Buttes-Chaumont Park is in the north-east of the French capital and is one of the area’s biggest green spaces, being popular with families and runners.
The victim’s pelvis was the first body part to be discovered by gardeners working at the park, local media reports.
The body parts are thought to have been discovered near a disused railway line, although this is not yet confirmed.
An autopsy of the pelvis was carried out around 10.45am today, but the results of this have not yet been released.
The Buttes-Chaumont Park is in the north-east of the French capital and is one of the area’s biggest green spaces.
According to sources, the body was cut dressed. The corpse was not in a state of putrefaction, which seems to attest to a recent death.’
Police have not yet revealed the identity of the woman and the circumstances surrounding her death are not yet clear.
Le Parisien reported she was dressed in blue jeans emblazoned with a flower over the thigh, possibly of North African or European descent.
