Toronto police have identified the torso found behind an east-end butcher shop and a man is now charged in connection with the grisly discovery.
The remains were found last week in a garbage bag behind the butcher’s and other businesses near Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street.
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Police on Saturday identified them as those of 30-year-old Melissa Cooper, of Toronto, and released a photo of the woman.
Officers arrested Albert Ian Ohab, 38 and also of Toronto, on Friday and charged him with indignity to a human body. He was due in court Saturday.
Anyone who had contact with Cooper or Ohab in the days before the discovery on April 19 are asked to contact police.
WATCH: Police have confirmed that remains found behind a butcher shop near Broadview and Gerrard in Toronto’s east end are human. Ashley Carter reports.
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