THE body found burnt and bound in Corio parkland has been identified as 49-year-old Drysdale man Russell Hammond.
Homicide Squad detectives said Mr Hammond, a quiet single man, died before he was burned.
His body was found burned and gagged between two dirt mounds at a makeshift motocross track on Broderick Rd, Corio, on Friday.
It can also be revealed police found a burnt-out Mercedes Benz, which belonged to Mr Hammond, after witnesses reported a burning vehicle on Portarlington Rd, Leopold on Friday.
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