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Subscribe to RSSCanadian police are searching for body parts as well as answers after finding a severed female head in a local river on Thursday, near where hikers found a severed human foot the previous day.
Police said the body parts were believed to be those of an adult but they could not confirm they belonged to the same victim until DNA testing was complete, The Toronto Star newspaper reported.
However, "common sense tells us this is most likely related," police spokesman Randy Cowan said. "Without a cause of death we can't call it homicide, but certainly foul play -- there's definitely something amiss."
Hikers found the right foot, which police think belonged to a woman because its toenails were painted with yellow polish, in the Credit River on Thursday in Mississauga, a city of 700,000 people west of Toronto.
Police found the head in Mississauga's Hewick Meadows Park later on Thursday.
"We'll be looking for the entire victim," Cowan said.
Second gruesome discovery
It was the second gruesome set of discoveries in Canada in less than three months. In June, body parts were mailed to schools and political parties, prompting an international manhunt for the suspect.
Fugitive Canadian porn actor found in Berlin reading about self
Police said the body parts, along with a decapitated head found in a Montreal park in July, belonged to Chinese student Jun Lin, allegedly dismembered by porn actor Luka Magnotta.
Magnotta was arrested in an airport in Berlin and deported to Canada. He is accused of killing, dismembering and cannibalizing Lin -- believed to have been his lover.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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"We'll be looking for the entire victim," Cowan said. Oh my, I would think that the police would want to find the entire body. What is going on in Canada?
Every country has a few, truly crazy individuals. Canada is no different.
Same thing going on in the United States: another sick predator freak man who never should've been born preying on girls and women.
'there's definitely something amiss'
Ya think?
You hit the nail right on the head. People as a rule do not tend to just fall apart.
dman, you are everywhere, and as usual, I don't agree with you.
You wrote: "Every country has a few, truly crazy individuals. Canada is no different."
My response: "Every nationalist, when confronted with disturbing trends in his country, replies, 'Every country has a few, truly crazy individuals. Canada is no different.' "
HoChi, what the hell are you talking about?
Just a clue if you would.
No, really.
I wonder if this has any connection to the severed feet the Canadians find every so often in the western territories. Change in MO maybe. Or maybe they just never found the head before.
Sasquatch?
...play patsy cline at the funeral...i fall to pieces...
you mean in anti gun canada, there is still murder?
i know the body and other foot was blown away with a machine gun leaving JUST the head and foot.
it had to be a gun!!!
Anti-gun Canada? You no nothing about Canada, there is higher rate of gun ownership in Canada than the US, always has been.
Well, duh! Obviously it was a suicide.
I think the evidence shows the person was a real cut up!
It should be easy to find out who the victim is. Just publish a picture of her face.
I wonder how some of you folks KNOW that is was a homicide.
Were you there? Or did you commit the crime?
How do you know this person didn't die of something other than homicide, someone happened upon the body, and dismembered it and disposed of it.
Thankfully, everything gets investigated in order to get as close to the truth as possible.
Thankfully, we don't rely on armchair CSIs
Talk,
I seem to remember an incident where a body was stolen from a research facility to be used as a gag, the body was lost (that's what happens when you drink and steal corpses). It showed up later, and was ruled a homicide because there were autopsy wounds, that, since the body was not recognizable at first, the nature of the wounds couldn't be determined.
Once the ID was determined on the body, they realized the victim had already been dead and was NOT a murder victim. As I recall the people involved in taking the body lost their jobs and almost went to jail. I don't recall where this happened.
littlechanges you know this was done by a man how?
I think she went head over feet...........literally.
maybe Romneys foot fell out of his mouth
I thought, of course it's a homicide, when I read the article. Then I thought...well....what if it was an accidental drug overdose and the people she was with didn't want this to come back on them and they dismembered the body thinking it was the best way to dispose of the body without the body parts being identified when and if the parts were found. So, ok, I get that it may not have been a homicide but yes, foul play involved.
Either way, very sad and disturbing and here we are playing Clue....it was Professor Plum in the Library with a Knife.
Yes, and Obama's head fell out of his a$$!
We don't know was a homicide, there are other possibilities, but odds are.
I don't want to minimize this, if there is evidence that there is a serial killer who needs to be caught, I wish law enforcement officers involved godspeed in getting to information that helps find answers, and I hope that the significant others associated with the person found can get closure regarding their loved one. However, this is a very big continent, with lots of remote areas, from swamps to mountains. I fear that if we really knew how many bodies were buried and the reasons they got there, it would be a shock to lots of people, might make them feel a little less secure sitting around the tube or over dinner w/their husband, wife and kids.
"Without a cause of death we can't call it homicide, but certainly foul play -- there's definitely something amiss."
Looks like you're amissing the arms, legs, left foot,torso AND who cut up the body.Add motive,cause of death and who the victim was. Lots of stuff amiss. It sounds like the person couldn't think of anything else to really say.
This statement make the person stating it sound like they are from a rural backwoods town. Scratching their head as they look down upon the human part.As if expecting it to speak.I am surprised he didn't mention trying to learn the victim's name to help the family. Lets hope they can be found soon.
"Hikers found the right foot, which police think belonged to a woman because its toenails were painted with yellow polish,"
Maybe it's me, but are many men using yellow polish or is red,pink and purple still in fashion?And are they still shaving their toes? Good call.
I think sometimes the Universe watches us and shakes its head at what we do. Some of the crazy stuff, stupid and mean things.Nature doesn't need to laugh much at man's folly.She can just watch us self destruct.I will say this.There are folks with the gift of making under statements and stating the obvious.That might actually be helpful for those who are more dense in life. Why on earth we still say common sense, when it should be called rare sense is beyond me.
you can say ass
Cannibalism is a new trend in Canada?
One incident indicates a trend?
Well reasoned, hohum, very well reasoned. You must belong to some think tank somewhere. I'll try not to take your criticism too much to heart.
BTW: I'm not from Canada and I've no interest in defending [or attacking] the country.
You're the one that obviously knows nothing about Canada.
Gun ownership is 3 times higher in the US.
As to all the comments regarding the police officer's comment, we here in Canada don't jump to conclusions! We do a thorough investigation, gather all the facts and then make a determination based on FACT! Homicide? Most likely but FOUL PLAY should suffice till then. By the way this incident is a news item in Canada NOT as when things happen south of the boarder a news marathon! I find it sad that when a tragedy happens in the States it is PLASTERED all over the news giving once unknown idiots not just 15 minutes of fame but WEEKS! The victims of the heinous crimes can not begin to grieve because they can not get away from the event because it is everywhere you look. Try telling the news as it happens and move on. Update stories as need be but stop sensationalizing them!
Mr. Prichey -
I DO think that is how Mr. Obama lost it.
But more to the point, this happened in Canadia not the U.S. of Amerigo.
Like maybe heads and feet just normally become severed and end up spread around like that in everyday life?
Yep, there's definitely something amiss there in Mayberry, Barney Fife.
Another armchair CSI on the case.
Ok genius, let's analyze what what said by the Police spokesperson.
They found two body parts. Are you going to automatically assume they belong to the same person?
What if more than one person was dismembered and disposed of? What then?
Don't you have to wait on DNA testing to confirm that the body parts you found belong to the same person?
Nor can you conclude that a homicide took place.
Unless of course you were a witness to the homicide, or participated in it.
The only FACT you currently know is that you have two body parts.
Leave the investigating to the professionals, idiot.
What got into your wheaties this morning TalkdeTalk.............flylowguy didn't say anything to elicit your rant. Your posting doesn't even make sense as to the conclusions your jumping to. Relax it's a beautiful day nothing to lose your "head" over.
Really, Talk?
What does it matter if they didn't come from the same victim? That would be a bigger indication that it was in fact, a homocide.
Who the hell stumbles upon a dead body, and says "hey, I'll cut this up and dismember it" (you said it was a possiblity in a post above).
WHY would anyone risk their freedom to do that? If their DNA gets on it at all, they will get blamed for murder.
Quite honestly, there is a low, low chance this was NOT murder. When you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras. How many times have they found body parts just laying about that WASN'T murder?
I don't think flylowguy said a single thing that would warrant him being called an 'idiot'...you just get off on getting on other people, huh?
TalkdeTalk, you really need to calm down before you stroke.
Does anyone else think TalkdeTalk might be a defense attorney? Or he could just be a little off, but I repeat myself.
A defense attorney i am not.
However, i am always amused by the ability some people have to assume a lot more about a situation, than the information they are actually privy to provides.
If you didn't understand my previous post, perhaps you are one these folks.
@Jessicalc, how many times have cases such as Casey Anthony's been thought of as a slam-dunk only to leave the general public scratching their heads?
I've seen stranger things than this happen in the news.
For example: Susan Smith
Blamed a carjacker for taking her vehicle with her kids in it.
Everyone viewed her as the victim... until her confession.
And everyone asked the question then, similar to the one you're asking now. "Why would a mother...etc?"
Try to put a limit on your assumptions, and your name-calling.
I'm sure Mayberry is doing just fine.
R.I.P. Andy Griffith
Oh yeah, my stroke is also fine.
Well, you have to hand it to Canadian Law enforcement...
sounds like a little bit of mexico is rubbing off on canada hey
Yes because, apparently, they're still looking for those.
how did the police know that the girl that jaws ate had dandruff ?----- he left her head and shoulders on the beach-- lol
So I would say the game is "afoot" and underway to search for all the parts.. I hope they don't get a head of themselves.
The RCMP will be solving the crime in their usual methodical way ... step by step. They'll probably find out it's a sex crime where the perp liked the sex but didn't care much for the head.
Heads are going to roll because of your comments...
Yeah @nunkunt, because people are never dismembered anywhere other than Mexico.
Something foul afoot...
One homicide in three months in a major metro Canadian city like Toronto is insignificant when compared to Los Angeles, California, where several homicide victims are found almost every day or other day.
In Detroit, Chicago or Los Angeles everyone yawns when only one homicide victim is found per day. In America, only mass killings like the ones in Aurora or Columbine or VA are shocking, as Americans have become numb and desensitized to homicide.
America is a violent place with little respect for human rights and lives. The total combined number of homicide and rape in Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and NYC per day exceeds the total combined number of homicide and rape in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea per year.
Maybe if the left-wingers would let America protect it's borders -- including the northern one -- we wouldn't be attracting the worlds scum to sneak into the country. And comparing social conditions in a sparsely populated country like Canada to the US is just plain dumb,
yeah right! It was less than 3 months ago since some gang bangers shot up a club in Toronto wasn't it? How many were killed? It was more than one!
John Smith69 - seriously laughed out loud on this one!! Too funny!!
Clueless ... appropriate handle.
Hmm let's see- latest mass shootings were carried out by- yes White American Citizens.
What does that have to do with the borders?
Hey @John Smith69, i agree with you.
Yet some Americans do it all the time to prove their idiotic points.
BG ... what do the Mexican and Central American gangs and drug smugglers have to do with the borders? Who is doing most of the crime in America ... white wackos, or gang bangers?
Depravity exists everywhere. DC does not have a corner on the market.
Well, at least they are starting out on (or with) the right foot.
Guess the Toronto police got a heads up on this case.
Now, if they could just get a hand figuring out the rest of this mystery.
No disrespect to the victim of this crazy tragedy, but I had a foot taken out of my intestines, and I am trying to get a head in life before I go. RIP "entire victim." RIP (hopefully) bad writing.
How the hell that get in there?
Gio:
I spewed coffee on that one......rest of you go ahead and call us sick!
My wife had 32 feet taken out of her intestine.....only I ain't jokin'. She has about 2 feet left.
Hey,
I need help looking for something I lost - My mom always said I would lose my head if it wasn't attached! Damn if she wasn't right!
I guess I can dance now because I got rid of one of my two left feet!
I shouldn't have played cutthroat (literally) hokey pokey with that serial killer!
Tom -1768340 - wow - just 2 feet left! Are you that bad of a cook?
Just 2 feet left or is that right......
LMAO!!!
LMAO..... That's right...all that's left
That was hysterical and wifey thinks so too.
But I am a good cook when I'm not using arsenic.
Is it me or does it seem like they are always finding severed feet in Canada? I'm not knocking the country, it just seems like I've seen that a lot in the news over the past year or two. Maybe it's pre-coffee confusion on my part. Peace and everyone have a nice weekend.
Yes Ken..It does happen up there every so often. Without the rest of the body they can't determine if it was homocide, or if accidently drowned, marine life managed to get through to the bones.
I thought of that connection too. I'm wondering that if it was murder, did the perp change his MO, or are they only now being allowed to identify the person by finding the head?
Ken, I think you're right. There was a series of articles about feet washing up on some island in Vancouver...I THINK the feet were in shoes, though.
Then the news just went away.
Exactly right, still in the shoes! Yeah, that story just sort of petered out in the news. I don't recall them finding bodies to match up with the feet, though. Janine, yeah, it sounds to me (pure guesswork and i'm just being an armchair quarterback, sorry) like something out of a psycho movie and wouldn't surprise me if it was the same person or group. It'll be interesting to see what unfolds.
"Without a cause of death we can't call it homicide, but certainly foul play -- there's definitely something amiss."
Wouldn't dismemberment be at least a temporary cause of death until they were able to do an autopsy?
I think the police do not want to speculate because the dismemberment could have occured after the death of the victim. In this case it would be fair to say it is foul play until more information is known.
foul play implies to me that they were having fun and got a little carried away.
Not too many reasons come to mind other than murder when I hear about a dismembered body, unless the local medical school was throwing bits out the window at the end of their class.
maybe she died of laughing at the stupidity on Newsvine, and Americans came up to Canada to hide the evidence. Or is it Martians revenging themselves after the attack there by the US NASA - New American Space Army?
Killers dismember bodies, so its easier to pack the pieces out to where they can be tossed or buried. Moving an entire body at once is not only heavy, but very conspicuous.
This is true. Canadians have a problem with spontaneous dis-assembly. It's a genetic thing.
Dammmm, FREEDOM........
Did you learn that from experience? Do you live in Toronto?
note to self: stay on freedom's good side...
Most dismemberments happen after death.......
seldom hold still for it while still alive. Except in SCARFACE with a chainsaw.
Maybe the victim had a case of hoof and mouth disease and the head and a foot fell off because of it ??? Just sayin.
Canuckleheads. About a six pack shy of a case, eh?
Amiss? Seriously? Amiss is when you come home to find a pillow chewed up and you have three diogs and none of them are talking. I lone those Canadians!
Jerry, learn to type then you can knock the Canadians.... diogs and lone, really?
lol @ we
This shows just how sick people are these days. I mean, how is chopping someone up the thing to do when your a sicko? It's getting worse and that's disturbing. Fire up the ol' electric chair and start deep frying these sickos.
No reason to keep the 110% guilty murderers a live at all.
Npeck, not only is the person who committed this crime a sicko, but a good percentage of the posters today as well.
This was someones wife/daughter/sister. Have a little respect people. Your jokes are not funny at all.
What? I have been laughing at them. Lighten up, the jokes are aHead of your time apparently....
Come Watson, the game is a foot. And a head...
Foul play could mean a number of things. How do we know she wasnt killed by a flock of angry Canada Geese, and the officer really meant Fowl Play? Clues may no be what they seem on the surface. You need to kick things around in your head for a while, until all the pieces come together. Keep digging for clues.
I think they will solve this puzzle eventually.
It will be interesting to see how many of these little funnies you'll be able to come up with if/when this happens to someone you love.
Idiot.
Freedom -
I don't usually care for your posts, but I gotta hand it to - that was good. Also kudos for "Canada Geese" rather than the ubiquitous "canadian."
I don't know what the cost of a funeral is near Toronto, but I do know that with the economy and funeral costs in the States, we might see quite a bit of this soon. Tough for most folks to foot the bill.
For those of you who are offended, I'm sorry, but it is known as gallows humor. Read these threads often and you will wonder at the vitriol. I think we are ahead of the game with the posts on this one.
Dare I quote Kipling? Nah . . .
I hope they are able to rescue her before she loses any more body parts. Maybe she'll be able to escape. I'll pray for her safety.
I think the detached head might cause problems for her in the long term. That sort of thing tends to slow people's recovery.
Yeah, right!
People who are crazy enough to kill someone read the news too - then the light bulb flickers on. Body parts in Mexico, in Canada and few months ago, in Detroit a few weeks ago...
"Amiss" - seriously?? Most of the victims' body is "amiss". Answers to this mystery are "amiss". The light bulb in the police spokesmans' head just may be "amiss". Great choice of words in the case of dismembered victim whose entire body has not been found.
The criminal shouldn't have...*puts on sunglasses*...lost his head. YYEEEAAAAHHH!!!
Sounds hokey to me. Definitely too short for the ride...amusement park guy. You put your right foot in, you put your left, er somewhere else (Hokey Pokey
I am not surprised about this happening in Toronto, Canada where crimes happen everyday but are never reported to the outside world. People don't be fooled Toronto has a worse crime rate but because it is Canada it is treated as part of life. They have the most useless law enforcement and as for their judicial system don't even go there. If the culprit is ever found he or she will get a max of 10 years in prison and after that they are free to live on benefits in society.
Dimaria........ur an idiot.........what do u know of Canada..reread your comment and u will realize your ignorant stupidity!
Dimaria:
Where are you getting your facts on Canada? Just because we don't blow everything out of proportion doesn't give you the right to make statements like that. I will walk in downtown Toronto any night I can't say the same for LA NYC Chicago.... Will you walk your Cities at night with out fear? We have people in our prison system who are LIFERS not 10 years! Get your facts straight then talk!
Lately it seems the Canadians are just falling apart.
It would seem that the guy from Vancouver has gone to Toronto for his vacation this year.
Yep, for sure.
Shouldn't be too hard to find someone limping around without a head.
he's in the oval office
Reminds me of the story of the pilot shot down over Germany. Badly injured he slowly required amputation of several body parts and as he did he requested that each part be dropped over his homeland. At first the Germans obliged but they ceased when it was determined he was trying to escape.
They think it was a woman's foot because the toe nails were painted...the men in the LBGT community are not going to appreciate that conclusion.
Apparently heads and feet aren't good for making Soylent Green.