Still no ID on headless body

Police sources yesterday said that a motive has not yet been ascertained in the unidentified man’s death. Homicide Investigations Bureau detectives are citing drug related activities, radical cult behaviour and/or gang activity as some of the possible motives for the man’s dismemberment.

On Saturday morning at about 10 am, a Lopinot villager was walking along the roadway, when he noticed blood on the street.

The man followed the trail of blood, until he stumbled across the body minus its head and hands.

The body was clad only in a pair of boxer shorts.

Since the discovery of the body, several persons had come forward to the Arouca police hoping that the body was that of their missing relatives. So far, police have not been able to match the description given by family members of missing persons, but they have encoraged the public to continue assisting the police.

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