Discovered male body with mouth and hands wrapped in duct tape in a sack floating in the river

On the afternoon of June 2, a leader of the People’s Committee of Hoang Tan Commune, Hoang Hoa District, Thanh Hoa Province confirmed that a man’s body contained in a sack had been discovered on the Ma River, passing through the commune.

Items that the police recovered on the victim’s body

After the victim’s body was discovered and brought ashore, due to the inability to identify and no identification, the Investigative Police Department of Thanh Hoa Province Public Security announced widely to find the whereabouts and identity of the victim. .

The local government also organized the burial of the victim’s body according to local customs after the authorities completed the autopsy.

According to the announcement, at about 16:50 on June 1, people went fishing on the Ma River (through Hoang Tan commune) and discovered a sack floating in the river, inside containing a body.

The victim is about 25-35 years old, male gender, about 1.56m tall. At the time of discovery, the victim’s face, head and hands were tightly wrapped with white adhesive tape. Authorities said the victim died about 10 days earlier.

Initially, the authorities determined that this body was most likely the victim of a murder, so the Thanh Hoa Provincial Police assigned the Criminal Police Department to directly lead with the local units to find the whereabouts. victims, investigate to clarify the cause.