Po­lice found a woman's head in a cool­er on a road in Siparia yes­ter­day.

Guardian Me­dia was giv­en the name of the mur­der vic­tim, but po­lice said they had not yet con­firmed her iden­ti­ty.

Po­lice told Guardian Me­dia that the woman may have been killed with­in the last 48 hours.

Based on in­for­ma­tion re­ceived at around 1:15 pm of­fi­cers of the South West­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force went to Sen­non Vil­lage Ex­ten­sion where they saw a bag on the side of the road. In­side the bag was a small cool­er con­tain­ing the woman's head soaked in blood. With the help of ca­dav­er dogs, po­lice searched the area for her body but were un­suc­cess­ful.

Of­fi­cers of Homi­cide Bu­reau Re­gion 3 are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.