JACKSON, Miss. — The head of a young black man was left on a porch and a burned headless torso was found about a half mile away Saturday.
While the unidentified head and decapitated body are likely part of the same case, Jackson police are awaiting confirmation, according to the Clarion-Ledger.
"Why we can't say right now that one belongs to the other, due to the type of crime and the close proximity of the body parts, we can assume that perhaps this the remains that was attached to the head this morning," Police chief Lee Vance told WBRC.
Homicide #28, unidentified BM head located on front porch of 1536 Deer Park St. Cause of death at this time appears to be severance.
— Jackson Police Department (@JacksonMSPolice) June 10, 2017
Police responded to a call at the house around 9:19 a.m. where they found the severed head on the stairs leading to a porch area. Police said the cause of death appeared to be severance.
A badly burned body was found in a wooded area around 4 p.m. about half a mile away by a resident using a nearby road. Investigators are awaiting the coroner and medical examiner to determine cause of death.
Burned human torso, headless, found on Green Ave. near Grand Ave. Working to confirm if linked to this morning's discovery of a human head.
— Jackson Police Department (@JacksonMSPolice) June 10, 2017
Update: full body, headless. No apparent cause of death at this time. Awaiting Coroner and Medical Examiner's ruling. https://t.co/nnNs5QJv32
— Jackson Police Department (@JacksonMSPolice) June 10, 2017
"It's senseless, and it's tragic, and it's sad," Jackson Police Department spokesman Cmdr. Tyree Jones told the Ledger.
The motive is unknown and officials will not speculate if it is gang related. However, they admit it’s not a common pair of crime scenes.
"Whoever committed this crime, rage was an ingredient, perhaps some type of message-sending, but no I have never seen anything to occur where a head has been torn or cut from a body," Vance told WBRC.
Man's head found on Jackson porch - The cause of death, he said, appeared to be "severance." https://t.co/pYw6AkqE02
— Clarion Ledger (@clarionledger) June 10, 2017
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