Search Called Off For Body Parts in Hollywood Hills, No Arrests Made, But Identity of Victim Established

Authorities have called off the search for more body parts in the rugged Hollywood Hills terrain where so far a head, two feet, and two hands have been discovered as part of an ongoing homicide investigation. Today, Bronson Canyon Park will be re-opened to the public for the first time since the gruesome discovery of the head in a bag by two women walking several dogs on the hiking trail.

The identity of the victim has been established, however his "name and other information about him are being withheld at the request of law enforcement, said coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter, according to City News Service. As earlier this morning, at most the authorities have attested the body parts are that of a man in his 40s to 60s, confirms Los Angeles Police Department Officer Gregory Baek.

Authorities have also dismissed a theory the severed body parts were from the same person as a torso discovered this week in Arizona.

Thursday night, rumors swirled in the media that an arrest in the case had been made, however the LAPD quickly squelched those speculations. In an email to the media titled "NO Arrest," the LAPD said: "According to Robbery Homicide Detectives there have been NO arrests made in the homicide investigation involving the discovery of body parts in the Hollywood Hills."

KFI News, however, reported that detectives on the investigation "searched an apartment building and car in Hollywood Thursday and were questioning a man about the case." They offered further details: