Authorities have identified the lady whose dismembered body was discovered in a park on Valentine’s Day in a terrifying event.
Police were sent to Buttes-Chaumont Park in Paris, France, after workers on Monday discovered a woman’s lower torso in a plastic bag (February 13).
Further bones were discovered the following day, including a decapitated skull discovered at the end of an abandoned railway line.
Authorities in the French capital were able to identify the body as that of Assia Matoug, a 46-year-old married mother of three who vanished from her home in the northeastern neighbourhood of Seine-Saint-Denis on January 31.
Police said the woman was likely killed before she was dismembered and added that she was still clothed in floral-patterned jeans when the grisly ritual took place.
“Obviously, the body was cut dressed,” a source said.
“The corpse was not in a state of putrefaction, which seems to attest to a recent death.”
Mrs. Matoug’s body was found in pieces, some of which were wrapped in plastic bags, in a forested region of the 61-acre park that is popular with children and joggers.
The source added: “The first bag was found in an area used by park workers to dump waste.
“It was hidden under a pile of leaves, and inside was a section of body cut from below the chest to the knees.”
A week after she first disappeared, Mrs. Matoug’s husband, Youcef Matoug, reported her missing on February 6.
According to reports, her husband was “in a condition of immense sorrow” and balancing his grief with raising the couple’s three children, who were eight, fourteen, and seventeen.
An investigative source stated, “He was in a state of shock and claimed he had been too stricken with grief to speak to police earlier.”
Police had no leads in their search for the mother-of-killer three’s up to this point.
The park was briefly blocked off as a result of the police opening a murder investigation and conducting a large-scale search operation on Tuesday (February 14).
Following the finding, a diving crew has also been requested to examine the park’s lake.
Thus far, no suspects have been found.
The fifth-largest park in the French capital, Buttes-Chaumont Park, was established in 1867 and is a favourite destination for tourists and families.
The green area is home to several well-known sights, including the renowned Temple de la Sibylle, which is perched atop the man-made lake.
