Police investigating Salford headless torso probe say victim was man in his 60s ... trends now

Police investigating the discovery of a headless torso in Salford say they believe the victim was a man in his 60s who lived with the two arrested suspects. 

Officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have spoken to the man's family but said formal identification of the victim will not happen until next week. 

Detectives have been trying to find out who the victim was after his body parts were found wrapped in plastic in Salford's Kersal Dale Wetlands on April 4.

Now human remains have been found at two other locations in Greater Manchester. 

Police believe the two men they arrested on suspicion of the murder earlier this week, aged 42 and 68, were housemates of the victim.

The men remain in custody for questioning as police said they are 'confident' they have the right suspects. 

At a press conference at 6pm on Sunday, the lead officer in the case Det Supt Lewis Hughes, revealed officers had searched a house in Wintham where they believe the victim and one of the suspects lived. 

He said they had found evidence he was killed there and believe he may have died in late March.

But the senior officer said there was no evidence of gang activity and ruled out a domestic incident by saying they were not related.

It comes as the police investigation expanded in recent days with officers spotted at scenes on Worsley Road in Winton, Blackleach Reservoir and Linneyshaw Colliery Wood in Salford, and Mitchell Street in Bury.

Det Supt Huges has now confirmed a dog walker discovered human remains in a package at Linneyshaw Colliery Wood last night and said he was confident it was the same victim.