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Thousands of bone fragments were excavated as part of a serial murder investigation. The suspect, known by his short name Andres, is 72 years old.
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The thousands of bone fragments are currently being analyzed but preliminary results suggest it belongs to at least 17 people.
Mexico City police believe the suspect, whose full name cannot be disclosed, is thought to have skinned his victim so he could eat it.
During a trial in which he was accused of murdering the wife of a police officer on duty, Andres admitted to peeling off the skin of one of his victims because she was “very beautiful”.
Andres made a disgusting confession during a four -hour hearing with conference officials.
“The bone fragments are undergoing ‘laterization studies, which include carefully cleaning each one, identifying which part of the body it is and then placing it in its anatomical position, providing a method for determining the estimated number of victims,” prosecutors said in a statement.
“This analysis shows that, to date, the bone fragments found may belong to 17 people,” the prosecutor continued. The Mirror, Tuesday (15/6/2021).
During the initial excavations carried out since May 17, investigators have excavated the floor of the house where Andres lives.
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Police are now planning to expand the search to the ground beneath some of the other rooms he rented on the same property.
Identity cards and other belongings of people who disappeared years ago were found in homes littered with trash, suggesting that traces of the murders may have been going on for years.
Police have not released the full name of the suspect under Mexican laws that protect the identity of suspects.
Andres has been ordered to stand trial in the murder of his latest victim, a 34-year-old woman whose body was allegedly dismembered with a hacksaw and butcher knife on May 14.
The figure suspected of being his latest victim was the wife of a police commander whom he knew personally.
Andres reportedly accompanied the victim on a shopping trip on the day he disappeared. This made the victim’s husband suspect the suspect when the victim failed to return home.
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