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Tim Dornin

Two charged over wheelie bin murder

A man and a woman have been charged with the murder of Geoffrey McLean in Adelaide. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Two people have been charged with the murder of an Adelaide man whose dismembered body was found in a wheelie bin.

A 51-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman have been charged over the death of Geoffrey McLean, 55, whose remains were found in the bin on a vacant block in the city's north in October last year.

He had been reported missing several weeks earlier.

Only his torso was found in the bin with police still trying to locate his head and limbs.

On Friday detectives searched a house in Adelaide's north after taking the woman into custody.

They said she was known to Mr McLean.

The man was arrested on Thursday and was believed to be known to the woman.

Detective Inspector Mark McEachern said investigations were ongoing with a focus on finding the rest of Mr McLean's remains.

He said detectives strongly suspected other people were involved in the dismemberment, removal and storage of the body.

"So further arrests are quite possible," he said.

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