Kingsbury Run 'Torso Killer'

  • John Doe I

    Location of body: Jackass Hill area of Kingsbury run.
    Autopsy: Male body was never identified. Decapitated but head never recovered.
  • Edward W. Andrassy

    Location of Body: Jackass Hill area of Kingsbury run.
    Autopsy: Andrassy was found lying about 30 feet from John Doe I. He had been decapitated and his genitles were removed. Both for recovered.
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    Kingsbury run murders

  • Florence Genevieve Polillo

    Location of body: Between 2315 and 2325 East 20th Street in downtown Cleveland.
    Autopsy: Her body had been chopped up. Her head was never found.
  • John Doe II

    Location of body: Kingsbury Run
    Autopsy: The victim was decapitated while alive. His head was recovered.
  • John Doe III

    Location of Body: Big Creek area of Brooklyn, west of Cleveland.
    Autopsy: The victim was dismembered while still alive. His head was recovered. This unidentified male body was the only known West Side vctim.
  • John Doe IV

    Location of Body: Kingsbury Run.
    Autopsy: Only half of the torso was found. Nothing remained below the hips. The head was never found or the body identified.
  • Jane Doe V

    Location of Body: Euclid Beach on the lake Erie shore.
    Autopsy: The unidentified female body was found at the same spot as the 1934 noncamonical victim nicknamed 'The lady of the Lake'.
  • Jane Doe VI

    Location of body: Beneath the Lorain-Carnegie bridge.
    Autopsy: Only black victim. The body was decapitated and missing a rib. The head was recovered
  • John Doe VII

    Location of Body: Pulled out of Cuyahoga River in the Cleveland Flats
    Autopsy: Body of this male was recovered but the head was never found.
  • Jane Doe VIII

    Location of Body: Cuyahoga River in the Cleveland Flats
    Autopsy: Only the lower leg was recovered. Both the head and the rest of the body were never found. Only victim to have drugs in her system.
  • Jane Doe IX

    Location of Body: East 9th Street Lakeshore Dump
    Autopsy: Decapitated female body. Head recovered.
  • John Doe X

    Location of Body: East 9th Street Lakeshore Dump
    Autopsy: Discovered at the same time as Jane Doe IX. Male decapitated body. Head was found in a can. Victim never identified.