Gympie body find most gruesome officer has seen Homicide detectives are relying heavily on the work of forensic experts to identify a man whose charred and dismembered body was found in grassland last week. Rural firefighters found the man's body after extinguishing a grass fire on the side of Cedar Pocket Road near Gympie, north of Brisbane, about 6.45pm on Thursday. Detective acting Superintendent Darrin Shadlow confirmed the man's body was found decapitated and with both arms removed below the elbow. The lower part of the man's body, beneath his rib cage, was also missing. Police searching bushland near Gympie where a body was found on Thursday night. Photo: Sarah Greenhalgh/Ten News via Twitter Cadaver dogs searched the crime scene at the weekend, but none of the missing body parts have been found. Without an identity, homicide detectives have no clues as to why the man was killed and dismembered. But Detective Shadlow said a number of people had phoned Crime Stoppers claiming to know the victim. "We're basically searching through every missing person report of a Caucasian male in Queensland, and interstate as well," Detective Shadlow said. We're using our forensic scientists in an effort to identify the person through DNA ... It's an exhaustive process the scientists have to go through. The charred torso was found only four metres from the side of the road, he said. "This is a rural road, which is used as a back road through to the Sunshine Coast," Detective Shadlow said. It's quite extensively used. Gympie State School is not far from the area where the body was found. Detective Shadlow said the crime was the most gruesome he had encountered in his policing career. "For someone to go to these lengths in what would appear to be an attempt to hide the identity of this person is obviously quite disturbing," he said. Police are trying to account for every person who travelled along Cedar Pocket Road between 5pm and 7pm on Thursday. "If you were in the area, we are asking if you could please contact us, whether you saw anything suspicious or not," Detective Shadlow said. We are interested in hearing from you. You may have information you don't realise could be vital to our investigation. Police divers spent Sunday searching creeks in the area, while emergency crews and State Emergency Service volunteers scoured surrounding grassland.