( CNN ) -- A 65-year-old man 's remains were stashed in containers across South Florida , police said Thursday , releasing the victim 's identity one day after charging another man in his murder . Police began looking into the case last month after finding body parts strewn around three counties in the southern part of the state . On Thursday , Fort Lauderdale police said in a statement that those remains belonged to Warren Danzig , whose last known mailing address was in Davie , about 10 miles southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale . Police contended a day earlier that Jamie Saffran killed Danzig sometime between November 2 and November 5 and then dismembered his body . Saffran then stole Danzig 's credit card and used it to pay his own daughter 's college tuition and buy tires for his Jeep , authorities said . According to the Broward County Medical Examiners Office , Danzig died from `` blunt force trauma . '' The police affidavit says the gruesome discoveries of his remains began in Fort Lauderdale on November 6 , when police responded to a call about a suspicious container . Inside that bucket they found human legs and arms , poorly masked by concrete . Additional agencies became involved in the investigation as more body parts -- which included the victim 's head and torso -- were found in similar containers in three counties , the affidavit says . `` As the multijurisdictional investigation progressed , further evidence led investigators to suspect Saffran 's involvement in the homicide , '' Fort Lauderdale police said . During a search at Saffran 's home , authorities discovered a shovel covered with concrete and a sledgehammer `` that presumptively tested for human blood , '' the affidavit says . They also found two bags of cement and several sharp tools , it says . DNA testing conclusively linked the strewn body parts to Danzig , authorities say . Saffran told detectives that he and the victim had been friends for several years . He added that the two even shared a home mailing address , although Saffran claimed that Danzig more recently lived in the Dominican Republic . According to the police report , Saffran said the two last saw each other about October 31 . InSession 's Adam Blank contributed to this report .
Fort Lauderdale police say that Danzig was killed and dismembered . Jamie Warren , 51 , was with first - degree murder in Warren 's death . Saffran told police that he 'd been friends with the victim for years , an affidavit says . Warren 's body parts were found in separate containers scattered across South Florida .