Date of Discovery: September 10, 1936
Location of Discovery: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Estimated Date of Death: 1-2 days prior
State of Remains: Partial remains with soft tissues
Cause of Death: Homicide
Estimated Age: 25-30 years old
Race: Unknown
Sex: Male/Female
Height: Unknown, but of "medium height."
Weight: Unknown, but had muscular build.
Hair Color: Light brown (based on body hair)
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Not available.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Unknown.
Clothing: Gray felt hat with a small black band with a label reading "Laudy's Smart Shop, Bellevue, Ohio" and a blue work shirt.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
A homeless person discovered two halves of a human torso floating in an oily, coffee-colored stagnant pool in Kingsbury Run near E. 37th Street while waiting for an eastbound freight. The torso was removed and sent to the County Morgue. A search was made for the rest of the body. Police found a dirty gray felt hat which appeared to have blood spots on the top. A blue work shirt, covered with blodd, was found wrapped in newspaper along the bank of the creek where the body was found.
The unidentified male became known as "Victim 6". The Cleveland Torso Murderer was an unidentified serial killer active in the Cleveland, Ohio, area in the early 20th century. The official toll of the murderer was 12, killed between 1935 to 1938, but some believe that there may have been as many as 40+ victims in the Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown, Ohio, area between the 1920s and the 1950s. Two strong candidates for addition to the list of those killed are an unidentified victim known as "Lady of the Lake," found on September 5, 1934, and Robert Robertson, found on July 22, 1950.
The serial killings officially stopped in 1938. The last victim, the so-called Victim Ten, was killed in April of 1938 even though remains of so-called Victims Eleven and Twelve were found in mid-August of that year.
The other unidentified victims believed to be related to this case are 885UFOH, 1788UMOH, 121UMOH, 1789UMOH, 886UFOH, 1791UMOH, 888UFOH, 887UFOH, 1792UMOH, and 889UFOH.
Agency Name: Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 216-721-5610 or 216-698-4267
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: Victim 6
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: Not entered
Former Hot Case Number: 250
Cleveland Police Museum
Torso Murders - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
Wikipedia: Cleveland Torso Murderer
Cleveland Torso Murders
Crime Library: The Kingsbury Run Murders or Cleveland Torso Murders
The Maniac in the Bushes
Torso by Steven Nickel
Added: 2/27/07; Last Updated: 3/5/18
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