article_snippet.sent: Neighbours reported seeing a bonfire in the rear garden following Michael Spalding disappearance - a heat so intense it melted UPVC guttering fascias - and forensic examination of debris from an oil drum showed it to be part of the victim's humerus bone.
article_snippet.sent: Police divers recovered the second case - containing the victim's head, limbs and tools - below Pope Bridge, Smethwick, on May 16 and further searches of the canal bed uncovered a hacksaw.
article_snippet.sent: Using futuristic 3D scanning technology - developed through a pioneering project with Warwick University - experts were able to show a perfect fit between the charred bone and a severed limb found in the suitcase.
article_snippet.sent: And the same scanning proved a link between the hacksaw and lacerations found on other bones.
article_snippet.sent: When police raided the home, parts of a humerus bone were discovered inside this charred drum .
article_snippet.sent: 3D scanning technology was able to prove a link between this hacksaw and lacerations found on Mr Spalding's bones .
article_snippet.sent: A pathologist deemed a number of weapons were used to dismember the body, including knives, a saw and possibly a heavy bladed weapon like an axe.