Montreal police have found a possible body part in a local park, fueling speculation it could be from Chinese student Jun Lin, the victim of one of Canada’s most gruesome murders in recent memory.
Local media, citing unnamed sources, said the object found late on Sunday appeared to be a human head.
Police said they discovered what looked like a human body part after officers with the force’s major crime unit, which has been investigating the Lin murder, received information that led them to search the park. The object was sent to a lab for testing.
Police said on Monday it is too early to make any links to the murder in May of Lin, and a spokesman declined to provide further detail.
Lin’s hands and feet were mailed to the offices of political parties in Ottawa and to schools in Vancouver, while his torso was found in a pile of garbage. His head is still missing.
Luka Rocco Magnotta, a Canadian porn actor who is accused of killing Lin, dismembering and cannibalising his body and posting a video of the crime online, last month pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Magnotta, who was on Interpol’s most-wanted list, was arrested in Germany early last month and deported to Canada.
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