Humans remains found in suitcase in Bristol

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Manhunt ongoing.

A lot of bad news in the last couple of days.

Allegedly victims are ''Two adult men''....{See Green's post above}

My last post crossed with the update provided by @GreensFuckOff

So body parts from 2x adult males and a crime scene in London.

I doubt the bodies are complete, as the remains found fitted in to two suitcases which, though heavy, could be carried. Just my opinion, but this is looking more like something gang-related or linked to organised crime.

"Not yet formally identified" suggests to me that the police investigations have discovered their identities (maybe DNA database?) but they won't release more until families have been informed.

As noted yesterday, the man with the suitcases didn't appear to be wearing gloves, so fingerprints might have given an early lead.

I wonder if the cabbie was Bristolian or long distance from London?

It's like they googled "tall place not too far from London" - seems very amateurish

I live locally and have hear that he said to the taxi driver that it was his boss and that his boss did something awful . I don't know how much truth in that but I'm hoping they find out soon who the victim Is so that his friends and family can have some peace . Its all so sad.

I still don’t see how the slave trade 200 odd years ago in any of its linked multiple locations in nearly every country had anything to do with the murder of two men in 2024 or, indeed the type of place Bristol is now.

But I’m not going to add to the derailment.

So people appear to be correct that the suspect wasn’t local (appears to be from London) and the Bridge was going to be used to get rid of the bodies. I hope they find the suspect and feel so sorry for the victims families.

Interesting that people with ''local knowledge'' knew that the Suspension Bridge would be a poor area in which to dispose of a body - because of the high anti suicide cables and also CCTV.

I'm surprised they didn't use The Thames, being from West London- Except Harbour Masters regularly ply the Thames, and bodies do wash up on the foreshores there.

Gangster clothing! 😂

Well, if the killings are gang related - the people who have said ''Gangster clothing'' won't be far off the mark.

Says in the statement that he travelled to Bristol earlier on Wednesday before^^ taking a taxi to the bridge, so I assume the taxi driver is local.

Wonder how he got the suitcases to Bristol from London. Surely not on the train?

My friend walks home over the bridge. If it's late at night he's noticed one of the guys in the toll booth will radio the bloke at the other end and they keep an eye on him until he's over (in case suicide risk he thinks) so it's not like some deserted old bridge. They didn't do much research it would seem!

The UK must be full of gangs then.

I used to live quite close to Shepherds Bush (a few streets away in Chiswick)...he is dressed very unremarkably for that area of London. And gang members in London don't tend to have a uniform.

It is terrible that two lives have been lost and their bodies destroyed in such an inhumane manner. Earlier I said I hope these people were able to be traced, not the victims of trafficking or here undocumented and not known about. The more I read of the man with the suitcases, the more I am afraid this may turn out to be the case. So many cases over the years of bodies being found in the Thames or other rivers or suitcases and never identified, usually non white people, sometimes children, often dismembered or mutilated. What an awful thought as well that a train or busy journey may have been involved. Just horrible. Those poor people.

Seriously doubt it was the train as that line is always utterly crammed and finding space for suitcases is a nightmare.

It doesn't quite say that.

From the version on the SKY website, it says that the man they're hunting "travelled to Bristol from London on Wednesday before the remains were found" and that "it is believed the wanted man took a taxi to where the suitcases were unloaded"
It doesn't say how he got from London to Bristol, nor where he got the taxi from. "Before" covers quite a lot of possibilities. (And I'm wondering if the driver is helping or "helping")

I'm assuming the wanted man didn't take the train, so who drove him where?

Following on from another post, even though the tidal Thames tends to give up its bodies/body parts, it can take weeks before it does so. And if you weighted down the suitcases, then even longer. Much shorter to drive along the river beyond the Thames Barrier, and probably a better chance of finding somewhere with no CCTV to throw them in - just about anywhere would have less coverage than the Clifton Suspension Bridge. It's as if they wanted to be spotted but why on earth could that be?

Could he have travelled from London and then the people were killed in Bristol and so that’s why they were dumped where they are. He could have been a hitman or anything. Perhaps the crime scene in Shepherds Bush just shows evidence that he was preparing to do something, rather than actually doing it there.

Its really terrifying.

Bristol post is saying
“the suitcases are believed to have been brought into Bristol from london”

so I think the bodies are coming from London

That would indicate they did come on the train then really, because they’ve been seen doing that journey. It’s horrible for everybody they have dragged into it - the taxi driver, the witnesses and possibly train passengers. There is definitely a sense that they wanted to be caught, they haven’t tried to hide it at all. Who would go to Clifton suspension bridge with suitcases innocently?? They aroused suspicion from the start and they did it in full view of the witnesses knowing they were there. The whole thing seems mindless and crazy.

What a fucking idiot! I imagine the perpetrator(s) and victims are all involved in a load of dark and dodgy dealings; apologies if it turns out that I'm wrong. This guy seems to have made no effort to conceal himself whatsoever!

That would indicate they did come on the train then really, because they’ve been seen doing that journey

Have they? Is that in local news reporting, because it doesn't seem to be in the police statements

As an aside, the average weight of a British man is around 80kg.

It's hard, even for a man, to carry suitcases much above 40kg. I mean, I know weightlifting records are much higher, but that's with specific kit and just to hold on one spot, not to lug around.
So I think it would have been a struggle to get cases on and off public transport of any kind, even if they did not contain the complete bodies.

Presumably the police are looking at who the deceased were, and where they were in the days leading up to and the first part of Wednesday. If reported missing, where did they go missing from?

He seems to be a native Spanish speaker, living in an area in London that houses a lot of migrants (if he lives near the crime scene in Shepherd's Bush)...I think it's likely he didn't know the area at all and thought that he wouldn't get caught or connected to London based murders in a place like Bristol and failed to do any research about cctv/suicide prevention cables etc.

As an aside, the average weight of a British man is around 80kg.

It's hard, even for a man, to carry suitcases much above 40kg.

One has to wonder whether others have been sent off in different directions with additional suitcases.

@oakleaffy - I don't get your logic. So, if he was wearing a suit and it turned out he was the murderer would the suit be murderer's attire?

Do gangs have uniforms? I suppose it depends on the gang. Someone once told me about a gang in London whose uniform kept changing and included fox hunting attire and kilts. I have never seen such a thing so who knows.

He didn't even cover his face or wear gloves, and he got a friggin' taxi, which seems ridiculous if the taxi driver wasn't an accomplice!

I thought the remains were going to be a woman-his partner/ex or someone he knew. I was very wrong.

What on earth is wrong with men who kill? There seem to be many more murders and violent cries than there once were. The Hunt family this week. The nutter who was plotting to kidnap and keep Holly Willoughby (and had served time for crimes against other women). The cries we have seen recently against children. Gangs/individuals assaulting people with machetes It's all horrible.

From the scraps I've heard this morning, I believe the count is now THREE men who took a taxi from London to Bristol with multiple suitcases containing TWO (male) victims. So we've moved into hang or criminal underworld territory now.

Which is more unusual than men killing women with impunity.