After cutting a body how many hours will it take for it to decompose and start smelling?” This is the question that the 56-year-old live-in partner, accused of killing his 32-year-old girlfriend, and chopping her body into multiple pieces, typed on an Internet search engine, on June 4.

Meanwhile, JJ Hospital, which is still in the midst of conducting the post-mortem, told the police that 10 per cent of the body parts are still missing. The police are awaiting postmortem of Serum Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg) report to check for the exact cause of death. This report will help them conclude if the deceased woman was poisoned or killed.