Torso of dismembered man found at Baltimore County Recycling Plant

Homicide detectives are investigating after part of a dismembered body was found Tuesday afternoon at the Baltimore County Main Recycling Plant.

DISTURBING DEVELOPMENTS ABOUTTHE BODY FOUND AT A COUNTYRECYCLING PLANT EARLIER THISWEEK.

WMAR 2 NEWS BRIANKUEBLER HAS BEEN ON THIS STORYFOR US AND JOINS US NOW WITHMORE.KELLY━ POLICE NOW CONFIRM THEBODY FOUND ON TUESDAY OF THISWEEK WAS MERELY JUST THE TORSOOF A MAN.

DETECTIVES HAVEFIGURED OUT THE IDENTITY OFTHE VICTIM BUT HAVE YET TORELEASE HIS NAME.IT WAS DISCOVERED TUESDAY.BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE SAYWORKERS NOTICED AN OBJECTWRAPPED IN A TARP APPEAR ONTHE CONVEYOR BELT OF THERECYCLING SORTING FACILITY INCOCKEYSVILLE.

HOMICIDEDETECTIVES AND FORENSICS SPENTHOURS AT THE SCENE BEFOREREMOVING IT LATE TUESDAYAFTERNOON.

TODAY━ POLICEREVEAL THE VICTIM HERE WASACTUALLY DISMEMBERED ANDECAPITATED.

POLICE SAY THEYHAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECOVERTHE ARMS, LEGS OR HEAD OF THEVICTIM━ STILL━ THEY WEREABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM THROUGHTATTOOS.

DETECTIVES HAVE YETTO RELEASE THE NAME BUTYESTERDAY POLICE TOLD US THEYWERE SEARCHING THROUGH MISSINGPERSONS REPORTS IN SURROUNDINGCOUNTIES.

THE MASSIVE FACILITYON BEAVER DAM ROAD INCOCKEYSVILLE NOT ONLY SERVESBALTIMORE COUNTY━ BUTHARFORD AND CECIL COUNTIES ASWELL.

IN ADDITION TORESEARCHING THE VICTIM'S PASTFOR CLUES━ POLICE ARE TRYINGTO PINPOINT WHICH TRUCK DUMPTHE TORSO IN COCKEYSVILLE.WHILE THE TORSO WAS DISCOVEREIN BALTIMORE COUNTY━ THEMURDER COULD HAVE HAPPENEDANYWHERE.

DETECTIVES AREHAVING TO CAST A WIDE NET TOFIGURE OUT HOW THIS MURDERVICTIM ENDED UP IN THATRECYCLING FACILITY