New York, Aug 31 (IANS) Body parts – two severed arms and a leg of a black woman – have been found dumped in different spots of a street in Detroit, police said.

Police were trying to identify the victim, and said the body parts were dark in complexion, suggesting the victim may have been African-American, Fox News reported Tuesday.

‘It’s gruesome,’ said a neighbourhood woman named Alice Grant.

‘He picked it up with a bag, held it up and said, ‘Look what I found,” said another woman referring to a man who found a women’s leg.

This discovery has left the police dumbfounded.

‘We only know that these limbs were dropped off in specific areas down the street from each other, but, at this point, we’re not able to find any torso or any head,’ said Detroit Police official Lt. Blackmon.