Man and woman “walking down the street with human torso in suitcase” arrested on suspicion of murder – The Sun

05/14/2020 UK

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A MAN and a woman were arrested after they were “found walking down a street with a human torso in a suitcase.”

Police have launched a murder investigation, with reports that other parts of the body have been found in and around the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire.

Police arrested two people after making the grim discovery.Credit: GNS

It is understood that the couple, a woman in her twenties from Birmingham and a man in his thirties from Wolverhampton, had been walking down a road near Coleford, Glos, when a passing policeman suspected them and stopped to ask. what was in the case.

Police closed a large area of the forest yesterday with a series of forensic tents installed.

The only police statement about the incident so far was released yesterday.

A Gloucestershire police spokesman said: “Due to an ongoing police investigation, road closures and scene guards are in place on the A4136 between Monmouth and Coleford.

“Shortly after eleven-thirty on Tuesday May 12, officers discovered suspicious human remains.

“The cords are likely to remain in place for the rest of the day, while investigations continue to establish what has happened and further forensic tests are being carried out on the remains.”

“A Birmingham woman in her 20s and a Wolverhampton man in her 30s were arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the investigation and remain in police custody today, Wednesday, May 13.”