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    Hikers find human head in LA's Hollywood Hills

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hikers in the Hollywood Hills found a human head in a plastic bag Tuesday when two of their dogs began playing with the object, Los Angeles police said

    The women made the discovery on a popular trail below the Hollywood sign at about 3:45 p.m., police said.

    "Two of the dogs began to play with the bag and what appeared to be an object. While the dogs were playing with it, at some point the object came out of the bag and they discovered that it was a head — a severed head," Sgt. Mitzi Fierro told KCAL-TV. The bag was visible from the trail, she said.

    The head was believed to be a male, Fierro said, and didn't appear to have been in the area for long.

    "There's not a lot of signs of decomposition yet," she said.

    The women who discovered the bag work as dog walkers and had about nine dogs with them at the time, Officer Karen Rayner said.

    Investigators hopefully will come up with a sketch of the victim in order to identify who he is, Fierro said. Coroner's investigators also will attempt to identify the victim through dental records.

    Police were guarding the crime scene overnight, with detectives set to resume searching for possible additional human remains and other clues after sunrise Wednesday.

     
    • Jon  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 mths ago
      Ugly. That trail the article talks about has a lot of foot traffic, urban hikers and all that, so whoever put it there wanted it to be found. There are some sick individuals in this town..
      • Robert 4 mths ago
        sick. sick. SICK! you want sick, remember the #$%$ that was pokin it to his toy poodle and she would run under the bed whenever she heard a zipper noise? THAT'S sick, friendo
      • Lakers-44 4 mths ago
        Or they had no idea how popular of an area it is and just dumped it there in haste. In any event, I hope the basterd(s) get caught.
      • David 4 mths ago
        In this whole damned world Jon. In this whole damned world...
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 mths ago
      I'm glad that I didn't see that!
      • Terri J. 4 mths ago
        Talk about something giving a person nightmares! I can't imagine finding something so morbid.
    • Andy Rock Skipper  •  4 mths ago
      A human that can hack up another human.... totally sick.
      • fokizzle 4 mths ago
        Talibans don't count. They're subhuman
      • Joe Rubbuh 4 mths ago
        A human that can hack up another being....totally sick.
      • Sphinxus 4 mths ago
        @ Joe: Since all of us eat dead beings (animals, plants & fungi) by your logic all of us are "totally sick". Coincidentally, you may be onto something...
    • Golden  •  4 mths ago
      Depraved.
      • Bill 4 mths ago
        Disgusted.
    • Richard  •  4 mths ago
      It was put on a popular trail to be found. It won't be long before the head is identified.
      • Crowley93 4 mths ago
        Criminal Minds and CSI makes Sherlock Holmes out of all of us now. I believe you are correct in your statement. Do we classify this as rage? Was it in a Glad freezer bag(which shows some thought)?
    • pv lover  •  4 mths ago
      Sadly this is a human we are talking about. Hope his or her family pray for their loved one's soul. I wish them well.
    • LaLaLand  •  Taipei City, Taiwan  •  4 mths ago
      Why do people think the only way to solve an argument is by taking the life of the opponent?
    • DJ  •  4 mths ago
      Interesting how Sgt Mitzi comments that the head came out of the bag as the dogs played with it...and then felt the need to further comment that the head was a severed head...WHEW Sgt!! We would have all been VERY confused had you not said that the head in the bag was a severed one!!
    • Ted Stosterone  •  4 mths ago
      And people wonder why I bring my pistol on my walks....???
    • robert  •  Del Rio, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      A few Marines urinate on a couple of Taliban bodies and it's helltopay . Find a human head and it's funny ?
    • Jennifer  •  Ellettsville, Indiana  •  4 mths ago
      I hope they are able to identify the victim soon and catch the person who did this. I can't imagine how I would react if I found a human head. Poor dogwalkers.
    • Gary  •  Portland, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      sounds like mexican drug cartels
    • LNH  •  4 mths ago
      O my goodness I'd freak.
    • Jennifer  •  Honolulu, Hawaii  •  4 mths ago
      Hi people.... Let's not forget that someone met his death in a most horrific manner. Is it really funny that there are people out there that have so little regard for life that they can cut a person's head off, stick it in a bag, and leave it on a hiking trail like it's a piece of litter? Is that what constitutes "funny" now?
    • Maureen  •  4 mths ago
      How cold does a person have to be to cut off someone's head? I can understand snapping and killing someone, but taking the time to remove their head and put it in plastic and dump it on a trail somewhere? That's COLD.
    • Gregory  •  Minneapolis, Minnesota  •  4 mths ago
      Wonder how those who found it are doing. Had to be hard on them.
    • Clus  •  New York, New York  •  4 mths ago
      Congratulations, Mexican Drug Cartels are officially running this country.
    • Totemkomph  •  Fort Myers, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      The Highander is again victorious.
    • BoogadahBoogadah  •  4 mths ago
      That's Hollywood, does anything good come out of there anymore?
    • 1874  •  Portland, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      I hope they find out the head belongs to a child molester.
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