LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Remains of a woman were found at two sewage treatment plants about 30 miles apart, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
Sheriff's detectives said they believe the upper torso found Monday in a San Gabriel Valley water treatment plant belongs with a pelvis and legs discovered Saturday at the other facility, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Detectives are treating the woman's death as a homicide, sheriff's Lt. Mike Rosson said.
Authorities said they believe the body entered the sanitation system somewhere in the San Gabriel Valley.
Investigators recovered more body parts Monday and were trying to find a missing arm, the Times said.
"Anything that comes into the Los Angeles water plant must move through a 17-inch line before going through a central pump, Rosson said. "So you imagine what kind of damage to a person's body would happen."
Craig Harvey, chief of the coroner's office, said his office would examine the remains and "use DNA if necessary to see if they are connected."
A spokesman for the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County said the two plants are interconnected.
