Decapitated body found after dog seen carrying severed arm in Mississippi

Authorities discovered a decapitated physique in Mississippi over the weekend after a canine was seen with a severed arm.
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A decapitated physique was discovered by authorities in a Mississippi dwelling over the weekend – however solely after a canine was noticed carrying a severed arm, police mentioned.

The stomach-turning case in Jackson, which the mayor known as “one in all disgust,” got here to mild Saturday after an individual known as police to report a canine discovered what seemed like an arm, authorities mentioned, in line with WLBT-TV.

The remainder of the physique, minus the sufferer’s head, was discovered behind an deserted dwelling within the woods on Sunday, mentioned Jackson police, in line with the tv station.

The ID of the sufferer was not launched by police Monday.

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The top of the physique was not discovered as of earlier Monday, in line with a number of native studies. The sufferer hasn’t been recognized, however gave the impression to be a white man, in line with Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart, WAPT-TV reported.

“We're actively investigating the matter,” mentioned Abraham Thompson, commander of the Jackson Investigative Service Bureau, in line with WJTV. “We do have investigators proper now at a number of areas to the place they’re following up on all leads.”

Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba was requested in regards to the uncommon case in a press briefing Monday.

“That may be a very graphic and brutal image,” he mentioned. “Anytime anybody is harmed in any approach – the (mutilation) of a physique – after all my response is one in all disgust, is one in all concern.”

He later added, “I wish to know what occurred. It’s not one thing you develop accustomed to, you ever wish to develop accustomed to.”