FREMONT (KRON) — Fremont police said a body found Sunday night in the marshlands near the Dumbarton Pier in Fremont, located at the eastern foot of the Dumbarton Bridge, is now being investigated as a suspicious death, according to police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques.

Police said they met with the Alameda County coroner on Monday and confirmed a torso of a woman was found. The legs, arms, and head of the body were not found and appear to have been severed from the torso.

Investigators are treating the area as a crime scene, Bosques said.

No other information has been released at this time.

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