A WOMAN has tonight been charged with murder after a female body was found in the Forest of Dean.
Gareeca Conita Gordon, 27, was held by cops after the remains were discovered stuffed inside two suitcases.
Mahesh Sorathiya, 38, has been charged with assisting an offender on or before May 12, 2020.
Both have been remanded in custody to appear before Cheltenham Magistrates' Court via video link on Saturday.
Cops swooped down on the couple who were said to be driving suspiciously near Coleford, Gloucestershire.
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Officers later raided a property in Birmingham, West Midlands and discovered the scene.
Last night six detectives made door to door enquiries at the address.
Police have also searched a second property in the Midlands.
On Thursday detectives were given an additional 36 hours to continue questioning the two suspects.
West Midlands Police said: "We've carried out searches at properties in Wolverhampton and Birmingham as part of the investigation."
A spokesman for the Gloucestershire force said: "A post-mortem examination yesterday was found to be inconclusive and further examinations are ongoing to establish the cause of death."
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Gemma Greenway, who live in Coleford, said her husband David had spotted a man entering a lorry trailer yard near their home and called police.
The 37-year-old, who runs a grooming salon and breeds dogs with her husband, said she was "shaken".
She wrote on Facebook: "I’m just so glad that David spotted him acting suspiciously and reported it."