Police had been combing the park in the French capital’s northeast for further evidence after park workers made the find on Monday afternoon, a source close to the investigation said.
Prosecutors said identification of the woman’s body “is still under way” after a lower part of the torso was discovered in a bag in a wooded area.
There was no immediate indication of how long the victim might have been dead, and the source close to the enquiry said an autopsy would be carried out.
A police source told AFP the remains bore a pair of blue jeans with a “floral decoration” on the thigh.
Paris criminal police have launched a homicide investigation.
Still closed on Tuesday as the search continued, the hilly Buttes-Chaumont park is a popular spot for families and joggers.
It was built during the major relandscaping of the French capital under
Napoleon III in the 19th century.
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