A forensic examination of the human torso discovered in a nature reserve in Salford was conducted by the police. The individual is being identified through ongoing DNA tests as police search the Kersal Wetlands. Police say the human remains discovered in a nature preserve enveloped in plastic belonged to a man older than forty years old. Thursday's discovery of a human torso at Kersal Wetlands in Salford, Greater Manchester, prompted the initiation of a homicide investigation.