A headless body was found in a neighborhood of Mississippi’s capital city, not far from where a severed head turned up on a home’s steps this weekend.
“Shocking, brutal [and] bizarre,” is how Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance on Monday described the discoveries, adding at a press briefing that the city’s residents are “in a state of shock.”
Both sets of remains are only identified as those of a black male. Due to the condition of the remains, which police said were severely burnt, investigators have been unable to determine whether the head and body belong to the same individual.
“Someone’s sending a message,” a local resident told The Clarion-Ledger. “Why else do you do that?”
The headless body was found in a field about 3 p.m. Saturday, roughly a mile from where a head was found a few hours earlier. Police said they have questioned residents of the house, but they are not yet commenting on what, if anything, they learned from them.
“You would think perhaps an intimidation intention was there, but we got to go by the basics first,” Vance said. “And the first thing we have to do is get a positive identification on who this individual is and we’ve got to find out whether or not this head and this body are of the same person.”
Due to the brutality of the crime, the FBI has been asked to assist the department. Both agencies are awaiting DNA test results, which they hope to have by this weekend.
“Right now, we have very, very little information,” Vance said. “[But] we are going to leave no stone, no leaf unturned until we find out who is responsible.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Jackson Police Department at 601-960-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.
David Lohr covers crime and missing persons. Tips? Feedback? Send an email or follow him on Twitter.
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