Man due in court over torso found in suitcase

A man is due in court in England charged with the murder of a woman whose headless torso was found in a suitcase.

Police found the body – which was missing its head, arms and legs – at a house in Mayor’s Walk, Peterborough, on Friday.

Vytautas Jokubauskas, 57, of Mayor’s Walk, is due to appear at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court charged with murder, Cambridgeshire Police said.

Vytautas Jokubauskas

Yesterday the force named the victim as mother-of-one Ramute Butkiene, 42, of Mayor’s Walk, who was originally from Lithuania and did agency work in and around the city.

Ramute Butkiene

Officers have been searching for further remains and said “some body parts” have been found in Peterborough but searches are continuing.

A police spokesman said: “Family members in Peterborough and Lithuania have been informed and are being kept up to date by detectives on the investigation.”

A post-mortem examination failed to establish how Ms Butkiene died.