Up next a suitcase in the water holds a gruesome surprise.

And when he looked inside, they found two human legs.

The torso contained the arms, hands, and head.

This victim will be nearly impossible to identify.

His face had been decomposed while it was sitting out in the water.

The killer appeared to have left no trace behind.

Sometimes the lack of evidence is evidence.

Could microscopic clues reveal the killer's identity? In the late spring of 2004 the tourist season in Virginia's Chesapeake Bay did not get off to an auspicious start.

The story started when a family out boating in the Chesapeake Bay found a suitcase floating on the water

They brought it up onto the deck thinking that it was buried treasure the family family opened it up, and they found two human legs inside the suitcase.

The legs, wrapped in black plastic bags, were from an adult male.

News of this gruesome discovery spread quickly throughout the area.

It's not a crime that's typical

to have somebody dismember and thrown at sea like that.

Obviously it's foul play, this is not an accident.

The community wanted answers, but six days later all they got

was more questions, on the shore of an island next to the Chesapeake Bay

Bridge and tunnel, another suitcase was found. Opening up the suitcase, there were more black trash

bags similar to the first one.

Peeling back to trash bags, it revealed a torso of a white male.

The torso contained the arms hands and head of the white male.

As with the body parts in the first suitcase,

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