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If you are unsure if you want to read about these details, please do not go any further. They do not add any interest to the story.
It wasn't a brush fire at all. It was two bodies that were burning.
Identification of the bodies would be difficult. They were mutilated and dismembered. Plus, the fire had burned and destroyed many of the identifiable features.
Both men were handcuffed.
The legs of both men had been removed just above the knees, with a rough saw. It is unsure if the legs were severed before or after death.
The bodies, along with the legs, were neatly placed in plastic trash bags. "They packaged the bodies like putting a parcel post together. It was a well-planned, sadistic act. You're talking about a cold, calculating act" said the police chief.
There were no flies or maggots found on the bodies leading police to believe they were packaged in the trash bags shortly after their deaths.
The bodies contained little blood.
Both bodies were male, yet one was dressed in women's clothing.
There was evidence that both men were sexually tortured shortly before death. One had his genitals removed, probably before death. The other had his genitals slashed.
It was suggested they may have been transvestite prostitutes.
Both men were beaten shortly before death. Then they were killed; one was shot in the head, while the other was suffocated.
An autopsy revealed the two seemed to be killed four to seven days before being dumped in the woods.
Yet they were only dumped there minutes before they were found. Where were they in the meantime?
It was reported there was evidence they were kept cool (or refrigerated), possibly in a large cooler of some kind. Could this be why the legs were removed?