Police investigating the murder of a man whose body parts were dumped in two counties have identified the latest discovery as a right leg.
The limb was found near the A10 Puckeridge bypass in Hertfordshire on Tuesday afternoon.
The find came after a man's head, arm and leg were found at separate locations by members of the public in Hertfordshire and Leicestershire - but police have not yet established that the right leg came from the same victim.
The murder inquiry was sparked when a left leg and foot attached was found in a green holdall in a lay-by on the A507 in Cottered, Hertfordshire, on March 22.
The Puckeridge bypass is around seven miles, or a 15-minute drive, from the location of the dismembered left leg.
On March 29, an arm, dismembered at the elbow and wrist, was discovered on a grass verge in Wheathampstead, about a 40-minute drive from Cottered.
Last Tuesday afternoon, in Asfordby, Leicestershire - about 95 miles from Wheathampstead via the M1 and A606 - a severed head was discovered. This time, it was a farmer on his own land who made the shocking find.
Post-mortem examinations confirmed that the head, arm and leg had all belonged to the same man.
Detective Chief Inspector Michael Hanlon, of Hertfordshire Police, said: "The leg was discovered in a bag and was placed about 20ft back from the lay-by in a wooded area.
"In relation to the ongoing murder inquiry this body part has not yet been forensically linked although tests are being carried out to determine any link. Due to the rarity of such cases it is highly likely to belong to the same victim."
