KOTA KINABALU: A trash collector had a shock when he found a severed arm at a dumpsite in Indah Permai near here.
In the incident yesterday morning, the arm fell out of a trash bag, prompting the worker to alert the police.
OCPD Asst Comm Kasim Muda said several teams as well as a K9 unit were sent to the scene after receiving the call at about 8am.
“We later found other body parts belonging to a woman at several nearby locations. We believe they are of the same person,” he said in a statement.
ACP Kasim said the identity of the victim has yet to be ascertained, adding that police have reason to believe that the woman might have been killed and dismembered elsewhere before her body was dumped.
“Efforts to trace the victim’s next-of-kin are ongoing,” he said, appealing to those with information to contact investigating officer Asst Supt Rahman at 012-310 6882 or IPD Kota Kinabalu at 088-529 222.
ACP Kasim said the identity of the victim has yet to said the cause of death, motive, modus operandi and other related matters were being investigated.
It was reported earlier that after the first limb discovery, police subsequently found a leg at the same spot, and head and torso in another site not too far away.
