More Body Parts Found Near Severed Head

Hollywood Hills - Investigators discovered two feet and two hands in separate locations today, all within 50 yards of where a head in a bag was found in an area near the Hollywood sign.

The head was found about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3200 block of Canyon Drive, when two people walking nine dogs saw two of the animals playing with an object in a bag. Investigators do not believe it had been there long.

Coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said the body parts were being examined at the coroner's office.

"We've got to see if we can get any prints from the hand," Winter said. "If we get any prints, then the LAPD can go knocking on doors."

The coroner's office had not determined the victim's ethnicity, Winter said. The Los Angeles Times reported it was an Armenian man in his 40s.

"I've seen the head and I can't tell," Winter said.

Winter said he did not know whether the hands were also found in bags.

"I believe the first hand was uncovered by a cadaver dog," Winter said, adding that he was notified by a coroner's canine handler about the second hand find around 3:15 p.m.

"I don't know if there are more pieces strewn around," Winter said.   

Later in the afternoon, police said one of the feet was in a bag. It was not known if the other foot that was found was in the bag. It also was not known if the two hands found earlier in the day were in a bag.

Los Angeles police detectives believe the man was killed elsewhere.