Russian couple murdered, dismembered in Fiji

A Russian couple from Fiji are thought to have been murdered and dismembered after human body parts washed up on a beach in the Pacific island nation, reports AFP .
The Fiji Sun said two pairs of feet wrapped in netting and weighed down with stones were found on June 24 at Natadola beach, a popular tourist destination.
Further searches uncovered more remains, with speculation connecting the grisly find to the disappearance a week earlier of Russian couple Yuri and Natalia Shipulin.
Lead investigator Luke Navela said DNA tests with the Shipulins’ relatives back in Russia had confirmed the link, and police now believed they had been murdered and dismembered, the Sun reported.
Citing police sources, the newspaper said detectives had information a chainsaw was missing from the couple’s farm on the main island of Viti Levu.
The Fiji Times reported that the couple moved to Fiji in 2011 and were leasing the farm and operating a photography business.

Russian couple murdered, dismembered in Fiji

A Russian couple from Fiji are thought to have been murdered and dismembered after human body parts washed up on a beach in the Pacific island nation, reports AFP . The Fiji Sun said two pairs of feet wrapped in netting and weighed down with stones were found on June 24 at Natadola beach, a popular tourist destination. Further searches uncovered more remains, with speculation connecting the grisly find to the disappearance a week earlier of Russian couple Yuri and Natalia Shipulin. Lead investigator Luke Navela said DNA tests with the Shipulins relatives back in Russia had confirmed the link, and police now believed they had been murdered and dismembered, the Sun reported. Citing police sources, the newspaper said detectives had information a chainsaw was missing from the couples farm on the main island of Viti Levu. The Fiji Times reported that the couple moved to Fiji in 2011 and were leasing the farm and operating a photography business.