ATLANTA — Atlanta police said they have identified a body that was missing its head and hands.
Police ID'd the victim as Linda Myrick, 44, of DeKalb County.
Channel 2 Action News reporter Eric Philips spoke with investigators who said Myrick was identified through a series of medical procedures that she had.
According to the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office, metal screws and metal plates were placed in the victim's left leg at some point in her life.
Philips also took to the streets near Moreland Avenue and Memorial Drive, showing the victim's picture. Many people told Philips that they recognized Myrick. Police said she was known to frequent the area.
Myrick's body was found Monday by a passer-by in a vacant lot near Elm Street between Jones Avenue and Joseph E. Boone Blvd. in northwest Atlanta.
Maj. Keith Meadows said it appears Myrick was not killed at the location where the body, wrapped in cloth, was found.
Cadaver dogs were back at the scene Tuesday on the gruesome hunt for missing body parts.
Police said Myrick may have been dead for up to two days before her body was found.
Myrick is the mother of three adult children.