Kersal Dale murder probe LIVE: Police issue statement as they tape off park amid major search for 'human remains' across Greater Manchester - latest updates

A park in Salford has been taped off with four police scene currently in place in a gruesome murder probe.

A police cordon has been put in place at Blackleach Country Park in Walkden. This is part of an investigation launched earlier this month after body parts wrapped in cellophane were found at Kersal Dale by a passer-by.

GMP have said three other police scenes are in place in relation to the investigation today as the probe ramps up. These are Worsley Road, Winton, Linneyshaw Colliery Wood also in Salford and Mitchell Street in Bury.

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Two men were arrested earlier this week following the discovery of the human remains at the nature reserve in Salford on April 4. It came after a passer-by found, in plain sight, the lower back, buttocks, and a thigh of a man wrapped in cellophane, near a footpath.

The victim was white and believed to be aged 40-plus. Police are still questioning the men who were arrested on Thursday (April 25).

Police taped off Blackleach Country Park on Saturday afternoon (April 27). Local residents claim divers were seen entering the water.

It follows a 12-day search of Kersal Dale and nearby Kersal Wetlands with 100 GMP officers deployed and another search last weekend following reports of a pungent odour. The smell which prompted police to resume their search was later found to be sulphur. No further body parts have been found.

The reservoir at Blackleach Country Park remains taped off this morning (April 28). Police are expected to continue their search throughout the day.

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