This means that crimes fitting the same modus operandi as those of the Torso Murderer were occurring years after they were thought to have ended. On July 22, 1950, the decapitated body of 41-year-old Robert Robertson was found in Cleveland. The official body count of the Torso Murderer was 12, however area murders that fit the profile of other victims go as far back as 1921 when dismembered bodies were found in swamps and boxcars near New Castle, Pennsylvania. Most of the victims’ remains were found long after they hadīeen murdered, this contributed greatly to the inability to identify them.Įspecially since the heads were often missing. Mutilation making the decapitation or dismemberment the excruciatingly painfulĬause of death. As stated earlier, many times the victim was still alive during At times he would cut the victim’s torso in half or remove theirĪppendages. That earned the killer his title were the beheading and dismembering of his Of the 12 known victims, only 3 were identified EdwardĪndrassy, Florence Polillo, and Rose Wallace. The victims of the Torso Murderer were normally drifters, Despite being pursued by Cleveland’s Public Safety Director, famous lawman, Eliot Ness, as well as lead detective Peter Merylo, he was never apprehended. From 1935-1938, the Cleveland Torso Murderer also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run dismembered at least 12 victims and dumped the remains in the area of Kingsbury Run, an area on the southeast side of Cleveland, Ohio.
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