Vic: Police hunt for body parts continues

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2007
Vic: Police hunt for body parts continues

MELBOURNE, Dec 13 AAP - Police will continue searching today for the remains of a murdered
Shepparton man whose dismembered torso was discovered in northern Victoria on Tuesday.

The search for the man's body parts started in a local tip and could continue for three
to four days, police said today.

The body of 26-year-old William Woods was found at 6pm (AEDT) on Tuesday beside a road
at Cosgrove, east of Shepparton.

Police believe he was killed and dismembered with a samurai sword.

Mr Woods had not been seen since December 3 but was not reported missing until eight
days later, on Tuesday, the day his body was found.

Four people have been charged over the murder.

Christopher John Maddox, 26, has been charged with murder and has been remanded in
custody until March 11 for a committal mention in Shepparton Magistrates' Court.

Donna McKinley, 24, and Donald McKinley, 59, both of Ford Road, Lemnos, and Brian Lawrence
of Malcolm Crescent in Shepparton have been charged with being an accessory after the
fact to murder and were released on bail.

The trio will also appear at a committal mention at Shepparton Magistrates' Court on March 11.

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