4 Boys in St. John's Newfoundland stumble over gruesome discovery of Dismembered body

Residents of a quiet neighbourhood in the west end of St. John's say they are trying to cope with the gruesome discovery on Friday of dismembered body parts.Four boys found a suitcase in a wooded area near a Warbury Street home while playing on Friday afternoon. They discovered human remains inside.

Warren Patrick White, 35, was charged Saturday with second-degree murder and performing an indignity to a dead body. On Sunday, he was remanded in custody until June 16 while he undergoes a psychiatric assessment. The remains were identified as those of Amanda Power. Residents said White and Power had moved into a Warbury Street apartment about six months ago.

Michael Strickland lives five houses away from where White and Power lived. "It's not that just the woman got killed. It's just the manner. That's the horrible part about it," Strickland said. "This is like something you see on TV, but to happen five houses down - it's shocking, to know that somebody could actually do that." Strickland's mother, Carol, said that when she last spoke with White, he told her this girlfriend was pregnant.

Resident Scott Miller, who has been watching police do their work since being called to the scene late Friday afternoon, still cannot get over what the boys had to witness, and the inhuman treatment of Power's body. "Shocking," Miller said. "I have a seven-year-old son, I have a wife [and] for the neighbours around the area, to me it's just way too close.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has been searching the area, including an open field near where the body was found, as well as the nearby Waterford River.