Cocomod - You are so right. They don't want a family jumping to conclusions believing it is their loved one when it may not be, so some details have to be kept close.
Dismemberment when committed by a husband or SO serves to delay or prevent identification, or for ease in disposal. Most serial killers don't take the time to dismember, they don't need to. There was that case in NOLA where a man dismembered his girlfriend in their apartment....
it bugs me too Knox.. like BADLY bugs me.
People were already doing that because of the mention of the piercings, so not mentioning tattoo's doesn't make sense to me.
Hancock County officials have told WDSU that a case involving a woman's torso, discovered on the beach in Bay St. Louis, is linked to New Orleans.
Now, investigators are now tracking several leads down in the New Orleans metro area, said Hancock County Chief Deputy Don Bass.
The victim had been decapitated and dismembered, Bass said, leaving only the torso to wash ashore early Thursday evening.
Read more: http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news.../14745798/-/b2kv56/-/index.html#ixzz1xEv83rVK
pretty hard to consider that this torso may not have been found were it not for this very intentional dregding.
Tattoos are very, very specific. Piercings are pretty common.
I don't think either detail should have been released.
Sounds like NO may have a serial killer on their hands.
Investigators: Woman's torso found in Miss. linked to New Orleans