Salford murder investigation: Everything we know so far after man's remains found at nature reserve

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Detectives are this afternoon questioning a man on suspicion of murder after human remains were found in a Salford nature reserve.

It's an important development in an case which has caused shock and horror since the grisly discovery was made on Thursday afternoon (April 6). Here we take a look at everything we know so far about the investigation... Emergency services were first called to Kersal Wetlands at 5.50pm on Thursday when a member of the public discovered an 'unknown item' wrapped in plastic near Radford Street.

Tests later confirmed the item was human remains, understood to be part of a torso. Police said it was 'not possible for the victim to have survived' so a murder probe was launched by the Major Incident Team. READ MORE: Murder suspect arrested after human remains found in Salford An evidence tent was erected in the woods and crime scene investigators in white suits were seen conducting enquiries as police and sniffer dogs combed the area in the grim search for any remaining body parts.

At this stage neither the age or gender of the person was known, but police were confident it was not a child. The news caused shock in the community.