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Headless corpse wrapped in duvet | Headless corpse wrapped in duvet |
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A decapitated body has been found wrapped in a blood-stained duvet in a back street in north-west London. | |
A member of the public made the gruesome find behind a row of shops at Kingsgate Place in Kilburn. | A member of the public made the gruesome find behind a row of shops at Kingsgate Place in Kilburn. |
The semi-naked body had been left in a gold coloured cage similar to the type used by supermarkets to move stock. | |
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the dead person is an adult male, but no head has been found and the victim has not been identified. | A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the dead person is an adult male, but no head has been found and the victim has not been identified. |
He said inquiries, led by murder detectives, were ongoing and the scene remained cordoned off. | He said inquiries, led by murder detectives, were ongoing and the scene remained cordoned off. |
There have been no arrests and police said they do not know how long the body had been in the cage before it was found. | There have been no arrests and police said they do not know how long the body had been in the cage before it was found. |
A post-mortem examination is due to take place at St Pancras Mortuary on Thursday morning. | A post-mortem examination is due to take place at St Pancras Mortuary on Thursday morning. |