Woman whose decapitated body was found on Valentine's Day is identified.
Woman whose decapitated body was found on Valentine's Day is identified.
Police have revealed the identity of a woman whose dismembered body was found in a park in a horror Valentine's Day incident.
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Officers were called to Buttes-Chaumont Park in Paris, France, after staff discovered the lower torso of a woman in a plastic bag on Monday, February 13.
The next day more remains were found, including a decapitated head found at the end of a disused railway line.
Using the victim's fingerprints, authorities in the French capital learned the body belonged to 46-year-old married mum-of-three Assia Matoug, who disappeared from her home in Seine-Saint-Denis, a northeastern district of the city, on January 31.
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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.
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"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.?
Parts of Mrs Matoug's body were found in a wooded area of the 61-acre park popular with families and joggers, with some of the remains having been stashed in plastic bags.
 The source added: "The first bag was found in an area used by park workers to dump waste.
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"It was hidden under a pile of leaves, and inside was a section of body cut from below the chest to the knees."
Mrs Matoug was reported missing by her husband, Youcef Matoug, on February 6 ? a week after she initially vanished.
Her husband was said to be "in a state of great distress" and juggling his grief with looking after the couple?s three children, aged eight, 14 and 17.
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"He was in a state of shock, and said he had been too overcome with grief to speak to police earlier," said an investigating source.
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Up until now, police had no leads in their hunt for the mum-of-three's killer.
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Police have opened a murder inquiry and a major search operation, which saw the park temporarily cordoned off, was launched on Tuesday, February 14.
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A diving team has also been called in to search the park's lake following the discovery.
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No suspects have been identified so far.
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Buttes-Chaumont Park, opened in 1867 is the fifth-largest park in the French capital and is a popular spot with families and tourists.
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The green space is home to a number of popular attractions including the famous Temple de la Sibylle, which sits on top of the artificial lake.
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