Can victim's tattoo solve mystery of decapitated body found dismembered in Detroit sewer?
Police have released pictures of tattoos found on multiple body parts in a Detroit sewer yesterday, in an effort to identify the victim or victims.
More than a dozen 'softball-sized' body parts were discovered by contractors after they shut off two sewer lines 50 feet below a busy roadway to perform repairs.
A number of the body parts, which have no bones attached and are effectively hunks of human flesh, are covered in intricate tattoos.
More than a dozen 'softball-sized' body parts were discovered by contractors after they shut off two sewer lines 50 feet below a busy roadway to perform repairs.
A number of the body parts, which have no bones attached and are effectively hunks of human flesh, are covered in intricate tattoos.
Grisly: Police have released pictures of tattoos, pictured, found on multiple
'There were maybe a dozen softball-sized pieces of a body,' Sterling Heights Police Lt. Luke Riley told ABC News.
'No arms or leg or torso -- nothing like that. Definitely a Caucasian. We're not sure if it's male or female.'
He said at least six or eight of the pieces had part of a tattoo on them.
'Once the medical examiner collected them he was able to clean things up and take a look at them and with photographs of these pieces we can tell it's a tattoo,' Riley said.
'We can't tell what it's a tattoo of, but there are two pieces that match up – it's like a puzzle and we don't have all the pieces to it.'
Forensics will need to take a DNA test from the body parts to determine if the victim is a man or woman.
Riley told ABC News the construction crew had worked at the same site on Tuesday but no one saw the body parts until Wednesday morning.
He said the parts likely weren't in the sewer for long and could have flowed down from northern Macomb or nearby Oakland County.
The 21-mile-long sewer line runs south to the Detroit River.
Authorities said they do not believe the body parts were put into the line at the location, but may have come anywhere north or west of the line.
The inceptor line services 833,000 customers in different communities and started six months ago.
Earlier reports suggested that the contractors had uncovered the bodies of a man and a women as well as multiple body parts in the sewer.
The shocking discovery comes after two decapitated bodies were pulled from the Detroit River and a canal in July.
Gene Schabath, Deputy Public Works Commissioner for Macomb County, told WWJ: 'Between 10 and 15 (parts), and they don’t know where they came from. I mean, in terms of the body — arm, leg or whatever
'No arms or leg or torso -- nothing like that. Definitely a Caucasian. We're not sure if it's male or female.'
He said at least six or eight of the pieces had part of a tattoo on them.
Puzzle: At least six or eight of the pieces had part of a tattoo on then and some pieces match up like a puzzle, police said
'Once the medical examiner collected them he was able to clean things up and take a look at them and with photographs of these pieces we can tell it's a tattoo,' Riley said.
'We can't tell what it's a tattoo of, but there are two pieces that match up – it's like a puzzle and we don't have all the pieces to it.'
Forensics will need to take a DNA test from the body parts to determine if the victim is a man or woman.
Scene: Contractors in suburban Detroit found the 'small pieces' after shutting off two sewer lines south of the Detroit river
He said the parts likely weren't in the sewer for long and could have flowed down from northern Macomb or nearby Oakland County.
The 21-mile-long sewer line runs south to the Detroit River.
Authorities said they do not believe the body parts were put into the line at the location, but may have come anywhere north or west of the line.
Location: The body parts were found in a sewer in Sterling Heights, Michigan, pictured
Earlier reports suggested that the contractors had uncovered the bodies of a man and a women as well as multiple body parts in the sewer.
The shocking discovery comes after two decapitated bodies were pulled from the Detroit River and a canal in July.
Gene Schabath, Deputy Public Works Commissioner for Macomb County, told WWJ: 'Between 10 and 15 (parts), and they don’t know where they came from. I mean, in terms of the body — arm, leg or whatever
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