DNA tests confirmed that two sets of remains found a month apart in two Chicago suburbs where actually the same person. The Cook County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide due to trauma to the skull.

The lower part of the body was found in a garbage bag in Arlington Heights in April while the badly decomposed upper part was discovered in May along the south bank of the Des Plaines River.

The lower part of the body had three tattoos that could help identify the man, and investigators are asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation to do a facial reconstruction. The DNA yielded no match from the national database.

Source: Daily Herald