Brad Pitt Questioned in Hollywood Head Mystery

The mystery of the dismembered head discovered last Tuesday on a popular Hollywood hiking trail, followed soon after by a pair of severed hands and feet, has turned a normally unflinching town obsessed. Police have now revealed the victim's identity; might their questioning of area resident Brad Pitt led them to this major break in the case? Probably not, but it's fun to imagine it did.

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Coroner's officials revealed on Friday that the victim is66-year old Hervey Medellin (pictured), the LA Times reports, identified via fingerprints taken from one of the hands. Medellin was a retired employee ofMexicana Airlines who lived in a Hollywood apartment not far from Bronson Canyon Park, the wooded, hilly trail where a dog retrieved the plastic bag containing Medellin's head and brought it to his owner. The hands and feet were discovered in the following days, after a massive search of the area by 120 police and firefighters. The feeling was that the body parts, all in good condition, were from a "fresh kill" that occurred elsewhere, and were dumped in Bronson Canyon just days before the discovery.

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Police are being tight-lipped, but have acknowledged that one search warrant was served in Hollywood Friday night, though they wouldn't confirm if it was to Medellin's apartment. KTLA report! s at lea st one resident in the building was questioned, however, and that a silver Honda was towed from the apartment on Thursday evening.

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Neighbors, too, have been questioned with regards to the case, including none other thanSe7en star Brad Pitt:

The LAPD confirmed that his body guard was interviewed in their search for leads, along with dozens of other residents.

At least we can all breathe a sigh of relief that it wasn't Gwyneth Paltrow's head. Right? Take it away, Detective Mills:

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