The first garbage bag was discovered on Monday by park workers in an area used to dump waste. The bag was hidden under a pile of leaves, and inside was a section of the body cut from below the chest to the knees. Police were called, and by late afternoon on Monday, a full-scale search involving forensic officers had been launched. By Tuesday morning, Ms. Matoug’s dismembered head was found at the end of a disused railway line in the park.
Detectives established that Ms. Matoug had been dressed in blue jeans with floral decoration at the level of the right thigh. An autopsy has been carried out, and thousands of hours of CCTV footage shot around the park are being studied for clues.
Meanwhile, the park remains partially closed while forensic officers comb the area for clues, leaving many Parisians unsettled.
