Was it a random attack? Hollywood beheading victim regularly hiked through park where his body parts were found



Hervey Medellin, 66, lived near rugged, hillside and met roommate while hiking with his dogs

His dismembered hands, head, and feet were found earlier this week

Neighbour said he heard loud argument a few weeks ago



Police questioned one suspect Thursday

Random attack? Hervey Medellin's neighbour said he heard loud fighting about three weeks ago



A man whose dismembered head, hands, and feet were found in a Hollywood park regularly hiked the area, a friend said.

Hervey Medellin, a 66-year-old retired airline worker enjoyed trekking the rugged, hillside park, which was near his Hollywood apartment.

According to his friend Vilma Aguilar, he met a new friend while hiking Griffith Park last year.



Police said they were working round the clock to hunt down the retiree's killer. Commander Andrew Smith said Friday: 'They did serve a search warrant last night. They are following clues, and the case is progressing.'

Medellin's head was found by two dog walkers earlier this week in the hills by the famed Hollywood sign.

Detectives questioned at least one man Thursday after serving a search warrant at Medellin’s apartment complex, towing a silver Honda from the building that evening, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Two women hike in Griffith Park on Wednesday near the Hollywood sign after a plastic bag containing a human head was discovered the previous day by two women walking their dogs on a nearby trail off Canyon Drive in Los Angeles

Having worked for Mexicana Airlines for 20 years, Medellin was retired and collected expensive art, CBS reported.

Neighbours said they had grown concerned when they didn't see him out walking his dog in the park in recent weeks.

Andrew Hill, who lives on the second storey of Medellin’s apartment complex, told the Times that around three weeks ago, he heard a loud altercation.

Furniture was being moved, Mr Hill said, and he heard screaming and shouting in the middle of the night. Detectives later asked him what time he saw the trash being taken out Thursday, he said.



The grisly discovery was made in the land close to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Hollywood Hills mansion, and because the area is often used for filming, the couple who found the head first thought it was a film prop.

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Investigators did not believe it had been there long calling the head 'fresh'.

Then late on Wednesday night, two hand and two feet were discovered near the city's iconic Hollywood sign.



There are reports today that detectives are questioning a person of interest in connection with the discovery.

Investigators raided a Los Angeles apartment building last night near to where the human remains were found, KFI-AM reported.

The events have unfolded like a gory movie script, and pol i ce are now trying to identity the man.

More than 100 police officers, some on horseback, searched a Hollywood wilderness park along a winding hiking trail.



The first hand was found as dozens of officers and homicide investigators combed the brush, and a coroner's cadaver dog came upon it about 50 yards from where the head was discovered on Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles Times reported. The second hand and both feet were found nearby later Wednesday afternoon. No details were immediately available on the condition of the body parts.

The man might have been killed elsewhere in recent days and his body dumped in the park, Cmdr Smith said.



Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith, left, talks to Los Angeles Coroner Detective Rene Grand Pre in Griffith Park on Canyon Drive near where the human head was found

LAPD mounted police officers search a hilly area below the Hollywood sign. Following the discovery of the head, two hands and then two feet were found

Wild animals in the park may have other body parts, he said.

Police were looking at reports of missing persons, and coroner's investigators were to check dental records to try and determine his identity.

Smith noted that the area is well traveled by both cars and hikers. A paved road winds around picnic areas and a children's playground before connecting with a trail that eventually winds up near the Hollywood sign.

The Hollywood sign on Mount Lee above Los Angeles originally read 'Hollywoodland' and was created to promote a housing development in 1923.

The last few letters deteriorated in the late 1940s and the part that remained was restored in 1978.



