Police in the US found a decapitated body after receiving reports of a dog carrying a severed human arm.

The body was discovered in Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday in an abandoned house in the woods, Jackson Deputy Police Chief Deric Hearn said.

The arm was recovered on a street near the abandoned house, but the head has not yet been located, Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart told WAPT-TV.

The victim appeared to be male, the coroner added.

“That is a very graphic and brutal picture,” said Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. “The mutilation of a body, my reaction is one of disgust, is one of concern.

“It’s not something you grow accustomed to. It’s never something you want to grow accustomed to.”

Authorities have not released the name of the victim or given more details surrounding the case amid an ongoing investigation.

Mr Hearn told the news station the case is Jackson’s 117th homicide of the year.

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