Murder victim found in UK park after several weeks ‘malnourished’ and 'had no teeth'

Murder victim found in UK park after several weeks ‘malnourished’ and 'had no teeth' Police are now appealing for more information from the public about the woman found in a bin bag in a park after several weeks, after DNA records could not identify her A woman who was found dead in a bin bag after a number of weeks in a UK park was malnourished and had no teeth, police have said. The disturbing discovery of the dead woman, thought to be aged between 60 and 80, was made in Liverpool's Stanley Park at the end of August. Weeks on from the find, cops have still not been able to identify her. It has also emerged she was malnourished and had a number of health problems after Merseyside Police released new details about the victim, reports the Liverpool Echo. Before today, the key identifying features of the victim were she was believed to be around 70 years of age, approximately 5ft 2in tall and of slight build, with strawberry blonde hair and wearing a distinctive pink Nike t-shirt. A month on, Merseyside Police's Detective Superintendent Rachel Wilson, head of the force's major incident team, said investigators had widened the potential age range to between 60 and 80 years of age in a bid to identify her. Det Supt Wilson said: "We now have a full DNA profile of the woman. We've put that into the national database, but unfortunately she's not on the police database. We now know she had a number of ailments...she suffered with osteoporosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and arthritis. "We also think she was malnourished. Whether that is through neglect or through her age, we're not sure. This woman has some vulnerabilities. "She also had no teeth, top or bottom. And I mention that because lots of people have referred to dental records but unfortunately we're not able to with her having no teeth." The woman's body was found on August 28 after the bin bag was found by a dog walker. The police previously said the woman had been in the bin bag for a number of weeks. From speaking with people in the park and analysing hundreds of hours of CCTV, detectives believe they have narrowed the time period down to the first week of July, Det Supt Wilson added. Merseyside Police has still not disclosed the woman's cause of death, previously saying this was for investigative reasons. Det Supt Wilson said the investigation team had been provided with the names of 126 women as potential victims, but have been able to eliminate them from the probe. The senior officer said the force is being supported by the National Crime Agency (NCA) And National Missing Persons UK Team. Asked if this proved the force had opened up the probe outside the Merseyside area, she said: "We've got to keep an open mind... we've focused our attention on the immediate area around the park, but we're not going to discount anything further afield. It's always beneficial to us to utilise our partners in case they've got someone who matches that description." The investigation is being treated as a murder probe. However, Det Supt Wilson said the force's first priority is to identify who the victim is. "It's always about the victim," she said. "That's our focus, but that doesn't mean we stop the work on the offender. But I do think the victim will lead us to the offender once we identify who she is." Appealing to anyone who could have information, she said: "We're all determined to establish who she is, how she's died and why. If anyone has got concerns about a friend, a neighbour, you might be the local postman or someone in the medical profession. However small, please contact us."