Body parts found in backpack in Los Angeles hotel

What was a typical day for a housekeeper in a Los Angeles hotel turned into a real life nightmare. During a routine cleaning of a room at the Continental Hotel in Los Angeles, a housekeeper picked up a backpack left behind in a guest room and found body parts.

The Los Angeles Times reports the body of 49-year-old Herbert White was found on Nov. 29 and was "cut up into five different parts - basically his limbs were removed." According to the paper, a Pennsylvania couple have been charged with heinous crime. The Los Angeles district attorney issued a warrant for the couple's arrest, charging them with capital murder involving torture.

The hotel is located in LA's 'skid row' neighborhood. A security guard was called the night of presumed murder because of "commotion in the room." When the guard went to the room, the couple promised they'd keep quiet.

Additional body parts were found wrapped in blankets underneath the bed, and a knife was found in the hotel room, the paper says. Continental Hotel representatives declined to comment.

[via USA Today]

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