Identified! CA - San Francisco, Male body parts in suitcase, Jan'15 - Omar Shahwan

[CARIIS]

[h=1]SFPD Has 'Distinct Description' Of Suspect Who Left Suitcase Stuffed With Human Remains In SoMa[/h]http://sfist.com/2015/01/29/sfpd_has_distinct_description_of_su.php

 

[MamaJoJo]

Police were back Thursday morning, combing through garbage bins in the neighborhood where the body parts were found. Officers were also showing stills from video to homeless people like Michael Grady.

"What it was, was like a behind shot of him with a hoodie on carrying a black backpack with the emblem, a logo, right in the middle of it," he said. "We all looked and all of us have not seen the guy."

Shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a call about a suspicious package in front of Goodwill Industries. There, they discovered the suitcase with a headless torso inside. Then a homeless man pointed them to a set of garbage cans at nearby Firestone Tires. Inside one of the cans was a bag containing a leg.

http://abc7news.com/news/more-body-parts-sought-after-headless-torso-found-in-sf/496907/

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.nbc29.com/story/27986649/san-francisco-coroner-says-human-remains-are-from-1-man

The San Francisco medical examiner has determined that the human remains found inside a suitcase abandoned on a downtown street belong to an unidentified light-skinned man. Authorities will now turn to a DNA laboratory to determine the identification of the person...

Homicide investigators went door-to-door Thursday in a San Francisco neighborhood looking for surveillance camera video - or anything - that could be a clue to the case.

Police say they also have surveillance video from Wednesday of a person with the suitcase.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Body-parts-in-San-Francisco-belong-to-6051642.php

The remains included a leg and a torso but not a head or lower arms or hands, according to a source familiar with the investigation...

On Friday, police released surveillance pictures of a man they want to question in the investigation. They described the man as a “person of interest.” He appeared to be a white man with a goatee who was wearing a baseball cap and a gray, white and orange jacket.

 

[cigarettes&lithium]

Unfortunately, the whole "cut-you-up-and-stuff-you-into-luggage" MO is fairly common. I still remember a case here in Sacramento county where (quite shockingly) a woman sexually molested a little girl and put her into a suitcase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sandra_Cantu

 

[cvaldez1975]

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Body-parts-in-San-Francisco-belong-to-6051642.php

omg. is it a giants jacket? i feel like they wouldnt post a pi if they knew who it was. i hope someone spills the frijoles!

 

[BeginnersLuck]

I would think in a area like that they could trace this guy for some distance with video they obtained. This is so bizarre. Was he walking around with the suitcase and just tossing other body parts? Maybe they know who he is, but just don't know where he is at. I wonder if he lived in the vicinity and left after this.

When I read the story, my first thought was a homeless person. Maybe someone that had shopped, worked or done community service at the store location?

What I find odd is he left it in a place where it would purposely be found, or it seems that way to me.

 

[Eileen730]

Unfortunately, the whole "cut-you-up-and-stuff-you-into-luggage" MO is fairly common. I still remember a case here in Sacramento county where (quite shockingly) a woman sexually molested a little girl and put her into a suitcase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sandra_Cantu

Here is another!
Jasmine Fiore!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jasmine_Fiore

 

[BeginnersLuck]

It wasn't just the suitcase and one other spot they found body parts, it was multiple locations according to this article.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/us/body-parts-suitcase/

The Los Angeles Times reported that remains were also found at three locations within a three-block radius. Asked about the reporting, a police spokeswoman told CNN there are no updates.

 

[catlike]

He's wearing an inBloom t-shirt (not that it could mean anything; tech swag is everywhere in SF).



http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/04/24/what_the_failure_of_inbloom_means_for_the_student_data_industry.html

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2014/04/inbloom_to_shut_down_amid_growing_data_privacy_concerns.html

 

[Molly's Mom]

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Body-parts-in-San-Francisco-belong-to-6051642.php

Maybe it's the picture graininess but it looks like he has facial hair, too. Maybe a light/gray goatee?

 

[sfbaynancydrew]

He's wearing an inBloom t-shirt (not that it could mean anything; tech swag is everywhere in SF).

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/04/24/what_the_failure_of_inbloom_means_for_the_student_data_industry.html

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2014/04/inbloom_to_shut_down_amid_growing_data_privacy_concerns.html

Ha, I was just coming to post this.

My guess would be he's homeless and got his shirt either from a thrift store or donation to a shelter.

I can't decipher his hat's logo.

 

[Molly's Mom]

The suitcase was in front of the Goodwill store so chances are this could be a homeless man who was hanging around. He also could have very well seen whomever dumped the suitcase and not be aware of what he saw. Probably another reason they want to talk to this guy.

 

[BeginnersLuck]

Here is another picture

 

[KateB]

Person in custody in connection with body parts found in suitcase
http://abc7news.com/news/only-on-7-video-shows-suspect-in-sf-human-remains-case-/498071/

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) --
San Francisco police have a person of interest in custody that may be related to the human remains case.

It's unclear if the man detained is the man in the photos and surveillance video.

more at link.

 

[margarita25]

Person in custody in connection with body parts found in suitcase
http://abc7news.com/news/only-on-7-video-shows-suspect-in-sf-human-remains-case-/498071/

more at link.

Thanks for the update.

Also from this link, "an anonymous tip led officers to a public housing building on the 400 block of Turk street in the Tenderloin."

It also says a second man was detained but LE has not released any details on him.

 

[margarita25]

Another article here:
http://www.chron.com/crime/article/Man-detained-in-connection-with-S-F-body-parts-6052970.php

 

[luckyseven]

I only visited SF once, don't know much about it at all, but the one thing I did hear many times is to avoid the Tenderloin district!

 

[BeginnersLuck]

The Tenderloin. :facepalm:

I had to look that up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenderloin,_San_Francisco

I guess there is always the possibility that someone said something like: "Here take this down to the Goodwill and I'll buy you a pack of smokes", but that doesn't explain why there are body parts scattered in other places.

What a gruesome crime!

 

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Man detained in connection with SF body parts case

San Francisco police detain 2 in dismembered body case