Murder charges filed in case of body with missing hands

DECATUR - DeKalb County authorities filed murder charges Wednesday against a man held in connection with a body without hands that was found in neighboring Rockdale County. <br> <br> Another charge against the suspect, who had not been positively identified, involved a similar slaying in DeKalb County 14 months ago. <br> <br> The severed hands of the latest victim were found in a field in DeKalb on Tuesday, one day after the body was found. Police said they apparently had been cut off after the man was dead. <br> <br> The suspect was scheduled to appear before a DeKalb County judge Wednesday night for a probable cause hearing. <br> <br> ``We&#39;re calling him Joe Doe because he has not been identified,&#39;&#39; DeKalb police spokeswoman Lt. Pam Kunz said. <br> <br> The victim was identified, but Kunz said the department would not release his identification pending notification of relatives. <br> <br> Kunz said the victim in the 2001 murder has not been identified.