The grisly remaining body parts of British teenager Cara Marie Burke, who was murdered and dismembered in Brazil last week, have been found, allowing her family to begin planning a memorial service.

The 17-year-old from Southfields, south London, was allegedly killed by her Brazilian boyfriend Mohammed D’Ali Carvalho dos Santos, 20.

Her torso was found in a suitcase near a river in the city of Goiania where they lived, last Tuesday. Her left leg was found on Sunday in a creek 20 miles away in central Bonfinopolis, near where Mr dos Santos said he had thrown them in a bag. Police uncovered her remaining body parts, including her head and forearms, in the same location on Monday.

According to Brazilian police, Mr dos Santos confessed to killing Cara on July 26, saying he fatally stabbed her in a cocaine-fuelled frenzy because she had threatened to expose him as a drug trafficker. He is also reported to have told friends he wanted to marry Cara, who he met in London, to gain British citizenship.

Police found gruesome photos of the murder on Mr dos Santos’ mobile phone and said he had admitted to killing Cara with a single stab wound using a butcher’s knife with a 25cm blade.

Lenita Aves, a spokeswoman for the Goiânia PolÍcia Civil, said last week: “He has told us he murdered her on Saturday night, left her body in the bath and went to a party on Saturday night before decapitating her the following day.”

“The murder was premeditated. He turned the music up on the stereo moments before the crime so neighbours wouldn’t hear her screaming.”

In an interview with The Sun on Saturday, Mr dos Santos described in gruesome detail how he dismembered his teenage girlfriend after killing her during an argument at his flat.

“I know I’m a monster for doing it. I was just so desperate to get that body out,” he told the paper from his jail cell in Goiania.

Cara’s family are devastated by her murder and have demanded police return her remains as soon as possible.

Her brother Michael Burke told The Times last week that Cara had been due to return to London two weeks ago but was injured in a motorcycle crash on the way to the airport.

“My mum had paid for the ticket home and we were looking forward to having her back,” Mr Burke said. “She was a wonderful sister.”

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