The Atlantic WireBy Seth Abramovitch | The Atlantic Wire


  Police have now revealed the victim's identity; might their questioning of area resident Brad Pitt led them to this major break in the case? Probably not, but it's fun to imagine it did.

Coroner's officials revealed on Friday that the victim is 66-year old Hervey Medellin (pictured), the LA Times reports, identified via fingerprints taken from one of the hands. Medellin was a retired employee of Mexicana Airlines who lived in a Hollywood apartment not far from Bronson Canyon Park, the wooded, hilly trail where a dog retrieved the plastic bag containing Medellin's head and brought it to his owner. The hands and feet were discovered in the following days, after a massive search of the area by 120 police and firefighters. The feeling was that the body parts, all in good condition, were from a "fresh kill" that occurred elsewhere, and were dumped in Bronson Canyon just days before the discovery.
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