Minneapolis police uncover more dismembered remains of 30-year-old man after prior grisly discoveries

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Minneapolis police have discovered additional remains belonging to 36-year-old Adam Johnson, whose dismembered body parts were initially found discarded at two separate locations in the city last week. 

The newly located remains were found around 6:44 a.m. Tuesday after officers responded to a 911 call near West River Parkway and Franklin Avenue, John Elder, spokesman for the Minneapolis Police Department, told FOX 9 of Minneapolis. 

The body parts were positively identified as Johnson. 

His death is under investigation as a homicide. The first parts of his remains were discovered Thursday the 300 block of Main Street. More were found a short distance away near the intersection of 3rd Avenue Northeast and University Avenue. 

Residents were left unnerved Thursday morning when the first body parts belonging to the White male in his 30s were first found at the two nearby spots. The remains were "fresh," not yet showing signs of decomposition, the police spokesman told FOX 9 at the time. 

The initial grisly discovery was made by a passerby around 9:30 a.m., Elder told the station.

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"We don’t know where the body came from," Elder said. "This body may have been dead before it met its trauma. We don’t know."

The discovery of the remains startled residents of the St. Anthony West neighborhood, FOX 9 reported.

"It’s just very shocking," resident Marshall Howell told the station, "and I think all the neighbors around here would never expect anything like this in the area."

"It’s just very shocking, and I think all the neighbors around here would never expect anything like this in the area."

— Marshall Howell, neighborhood resident

At one location, a leg that had been cut into pieces was seen lying on some grass, the station reported. At another location, unspecified body parts were found inside a bag, lying next to an SUV.

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Police deployed cadaver dogs but no remains were found beyond the two locations, according to FOX 9.

Investigators believed more remains would likely be discovered soon and asked that anyone with information to "contact 911 right away," the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.