CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The burning body firefighters discovered Wednesday in a secluded field near train tracks in the city’s Collinwood neighborhood was missing its head, hands and feet, according to three law-enforcement sources.

Cleveland police Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia would not say what body parts were missing. The dismembered body was burned to such a degree that investigators cannot identify its gender, Ciaccia said.

Cleveland police have not said if they have any suspects or any leads in the case. Investigators and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office have not determined how the person died.

Firefighters made the discovery about 4 a.m. in a grassy area off Larchmont and Clermont Roads, south of St. Clair Avenue, where a small brick path in between homes leads to the tracks. Someone placed shrubs on top of the body and set it on fire, officials said.

A resident in the neighborhood reported the fire and firefighters alerted police.

Cleveland police combed the area around the burn site for more than five hours early Wednesday in a search for clues. An Ohio Fire Marshal investigator led an accelerant-sniffing dog to the small patch of burned-out grass where firefighters discovered the body.

Cleveland police homicide Lt. Ali Pillow told reporters at the scene that police in the past have recovered several burned-out cars in the same area. Remnants of a torched car sat about 20 feet away from the body.

Police also searched the area for a stolen phone after the victim of an armed robbery from earlier in the night reported his Find My iPhone app put his phone near the site where firefighters discovered the body. Police never recovered the phone.

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