Police identify man whose severed head was found close to Hollywood sign.
- Victim named as Hervey Medellin, 66, a retired Mexicana Airlines worker
- Medellin's dismembered head, hands and feet were found earlier this week in a park
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The man whose whose dismembered head, hands and feet were found in a Hollywood park has been identified as 66-year-old Hervey Medellin from Los Angeles, coroner's officials said.
Retired airline worker Medellin lived in a Hollywood apartment near the rugged, hillside park where his remains were found, in a building that was searched by police earlier in the day.
Having worked for Mexicana Airlines for 20 years, Medellin was retired and collected expensive art, CBS reported.
Neighbours said they had grown concerned when they didn't see him out walking his dog in the park in recent weeks.
Thelma Aguilar told CBS Medellin recently moved in with a man, who he met last year while walking his dog.
Police said they were working round the clock to hunt down the retiree's killer. Commander Andrew Smith said Friday: 'They did serve a search warrant last night. They are following clues, and the case is progressing.'
Medellin's head was found by two dogwalkers earlier this week in the hills by the famed Hollywood sign.
That is so nasty. Cutting off a head putting it in a bad, and dumping it on the side of the road?
And to the person who cut it off, I hope you get caught.
