A mother taking her children on a teddy bear hunt at a park in Kent was horrified to discover a suitcase containing human remains. The incident occurred on Friday at Borstal Recreation Ground, where a local nursery had organized the fundraiser.
The woman told KentOnline: 'I saw the luggage before the police. I was with my niece and nephew, so I was busy keeping them from seeing it. What I saw was the suitcase covered in hundreds of flies. I actually heard the buzzing from them first. I noticed that it was a large suitcase and had a snow sledge next to it.'
Police investigation and arrests
The day before the discovery, police had been alerted to a potential murder at a flat on Kingfisher Court in Wandsworth, over 30 miles away. No one was found at the property, but officers believed someone had come to harm and launched a murder investigation.
Shortly after the suitcase was found, two men, aged 27 and 32, from Wandsworth went to a police station and were arrested on suspicion of murder. Detectives later charged Joshua Miller, 32, of Kingfisher Court, Wandsworth, with murder and preventing a lawful and decent burial. Jamie Cooper, 27, of the same address, was charged with preventing a lawful and decent burial. The Metropolitan Police stated that the victim and both men were known to each other.
Community shock
Ivan Tsvetkov, 38, a warehouse worker who was at the park with his child, said: 'I can't imagine something like this happening at the park. I play there with my child. There are always loads of people there, so I am shocked by it. It's a nice quiet area and I wouldn't expect something like that here.'
Both suspects are scheduled to appear at Medway Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
