News on the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol: Police release photo of suspect after body parts found in suitcases

Bristol Acting Commander Vicks Hayward-Melen said: “This is a very disturbing incident and I am fully aware of the concern it is causing in our community.

“The investigation is being led by our Serious Crime Investigation Team and involves specialist officers and staff from across the organisation.

“Professionals are on hand to provide them with any support they need.”

Police have contacted Jack O’Sullivan’s family to “inform them of the incident” but stated that “no parallels are being drawn”.

The 23-year-old was last seen at around 3:15am on March 2 in the area of ​​Brunel Lock Road and Brunel Way in Bristol.

A police helicopter and the coast guard are assisting emergency services in the search for the man, who was taken to the bridge by taxi.

The photo released by police shows a black man with a beard wearing a black Adidas baseball cap, black jeans, a black jacket, black sneakers with thick white soles and a black backpack.

Police urged the public not to approach him and to call 999 if he is seen, but said they were not currently aware of any danger to the public.

Police said they found that “the man was taken to the bridge by taxi.”

Acting Bristol Commander Vicks Hayward-Melen said in a statement: “This vehicle has been impounded and the driver is assisting us with our investigation.”

Avon and Somerset Police said their “immediate priority” was to find the man and identify the human remains.

Officers were called after a man was observed behaving suspiciously on the bridge at 11:57 p.m. on Wednesday.

They arrived at the crime scene within ten minutes, but the man had already left the crime scene and left the suitcase behind. A short time later, a second suitcase was found nearby.

Avon and Somerset Police said they were still trying to identify the bearded man wearing the black cap in the images released to the media on Thursday afternoon.

A neighbor told The Independent One suitcase was dumped on the bridge, a second was left in the bushes nearby. Amy Clare Martin reports.

The local said the bridge’s security personnel raised the alarm when they saw blood flowing from the suitcase.

An eyewitness said he saw a man being chased by a cyclist on the Clifton Suspension Bridge on Wednesday evening.

The person, who wished to remain anonymous, said they saw the man running along Burwalls, a residential street leading to Rownham Hill.

They said there were two suitcases: the one left on the bridge was leaking blood, while the other suitcase was on the road just over the bridge on the Leigh Woods side.

The eyewitness added that the man who ran away was screaming in Spanish.

They told Bristol Live: “There was blood on the ground along the bridge.

“The man with the suitcases ran away from the bridge staff and I saw a passerby on a bicycle chasing him – he was shouting something in Spanish.”

Police said they were called at 11:57 p.m. on Wednesday to a man behaving suspiciously on the bridge.

The officers arrived within ten minutes, but the man had already left and left a suitcase behind. A short time later, a second suitcase was found.