French authorities find woman’s decapitated head, other body parts in public park: reports
The case has recalled the horrific murder and rape of a 12-year-old Parisian girl whose body was found in a plastic box
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A woman’s decapitated head and other body parts were discovered Monday in a public park in Paris, according to reports.
Municipal workers made the gruesome discovery in a wooded area of the Buttes-Chaumont park, which is in the 19th district of Paris.
FILE: People walk on a suspended bridge designed by French engineer Gustave Eiffel in the Buttes-Chaumont Park in Paris. (JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty Images)
Per The Telegraph, workers initially discovered a plastic bag containing the pelvis area of a woman. Upon further search of the area police found additional bags containing more parts of a dismembered body – including a woman’s head.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A forensic team was called to the team and investigators were combing the 62-acre park, which was closed to the public. Police, meanwhile, are investigating CCTV footage.
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An unnamed source told the French outlet, Le Parisien, the victim’s "body was cut dressed."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"The corpse was not in a state of putrefaction, which seems to attest to a recent death," the source reportedly said.
The victim’s identity remains unknown, and an autopsy is pending.
The case has recalled the horrific murder and rape of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in a plastic box in Paris in October.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The French government said the suspect, a 24-year-old immigrant from Algeria, had been living illegally in the country for several years.
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The girl’s horrific death triggered an intense political debate on President Emmanuel Macron’s immigration policies.