Suspicious Package- Redux

A human foot mailed to Tory party headquarters may have connections to a body in Montreal:

Two human body parts mailed to Ottawa — a left foot sent to the Conservative Party of Canada headquarters and a left hand found at a Canada Post terminal — came from Montreal and have "some link" to the discovery of a torso in the Quebec city, police confirmed today.

Both body parts mailed to Ottawa were sent from a fake Montreal address, Ottawa police say, and Montreal police will now lead the investigation into the hand and foot.

The hand and foot will also undergo testing at a Toronto forensics laboratory but could now be moved to Montreal, police say. The torso, which police said is from a Caucasian man's body, is undergoing tests in Montreal.

RCMP in Montreal are set to reveal more information about a suspect in the torso case. Police also said that suspect knew the victim whose torso was found.

The left foot was discovered Tuesday after Ottawa police were called to the Conservative Party of Canada headquarters at 130 Albert St.

A party spokesman told CBC News the package was brought to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's campaign manager Jenni Byrne. She examined the package after it was opened, he said, but called police when she saw the blood and smelled the odour.

"Conservative Party staff are very upset and disturbed by what happened yesterday. It was such a horrible odour I'm sure many of us will never forget it," said Fred DeLorey, director of communications for the party.

The hazardous materials unit was called in and the coroner soon confirmed the package contained a human foot that was somewhat decomposed.

While investigating the foot, police found a second body part in a package at a Canada Post terminal at Riverside and Alta Vista drives in south Ottawa.

Major Crimes Staff Sgt. Bruce Pirt said the foot was delivered through Canada Post and conceded it is possible it was sent as a "gruesome message".

The foot was decomposing, Pirt added, but he would not say whether the foot belonged to a male or female.

The grisly discoveries in Ottawa and Montreal continued to garner reaction on Parliament Hill Wednesday as questions surround the circumstances of the body parts.

"It's certainly an unusual development and it's not even insofar as homicides go. It's quite an unusual circumstance," said Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.

Canada Post didn't notice anything?


More to come.