UNSOLVED OH - Cleveland, Cleveland torso murders case unidentified, 1935-1938

[Romulus]

1788UMOH
121UMOH
1789UMOH
1790UMOH
886UFOH
1791UMOH
888UFOH
887UFOH
1792UMOH
889UFOH
885UFOH

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.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

There's a few existing WS threads dedicated the Cleveland Torso Murders/Kingsbury Run Murders case and its victims:

OH - OH/PA - Kingsbury Run Murders, Cleveland OH/New Castle PA, 1930's

OH - OH - Bratenahl, 'Lady of the Lake' WhtFem 885UFOH, in Lake Erie, Sep'34

OH - OH - Cleveland, WhtMale 121UMOH, 20-30, decapitated, Jiggs tattoo, Jun'36

 

[Romulus]

Cleveland Torso Murderer - Wikipedia

 

[Richard]

The Unsolved Mystery Of The Cleveland Torso Murderer

LINK:

The Unsolved Mystery Of The Cleveland Torso Murderer

In four years, the killer murdered, dismembered and castrated 12 different victims, and was never identified.

allthatsinteresting.com

 

[Richard]

Cleveland investigators included 12 murders officially in this early serial killer case. Of those, only three victims were identified. The string of killings were linked by many similarities and ran from 1934 to 1938. Victims were both male and female and all involved corpse mutilation or dismemberment.

Although a number of persons were arrested and questioned, no one was ever convicted of the murders.

The unknown woman known as "The Lady of the Lake" was thought by many to be the first victim of this serial killer, but strangely she was not officially included in the 12 murder cases of the investigation(s).

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

THIS IS NOT A DRILL:

"In an exclusive interview with 19 Investigates, Dr. Thomas Gilson, Cuyahoga County’s Chief Medical Examiner, confirmed his office is teaming up with Othram and DNA Doe Project in a new effort to identify victims of the 1930s cold case murders."

19 Investigates exclusive: Unidentified victims of Cleveland’s ‘Torso Killer’ to be exhumed, tested for DNA

Over four years in the mid-to-late 1930s, someone murdered and dismembered more than a dozen people in Cleveland and dumped their bodies across the city’s east side.

www.cleveland19.com

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Kingsbury Run John Does #4 ("The Tattooed Man") and #6 have been added to DNA Doe Project's page now.

You searched for kingsbury - DNA Doe Project

dnadoeproject.org

The Tattooed Man John Doe #4:

Known as the “Tattooed Man”, John Doe #4 was a victim of a notorious Cleveland serial killer called the Butcher of Kingsbury Run. On June 6, 1936, his decapitated body was found next to an old freight shed near railroad tracks. His head was located fifteen hundred feet away. He had six tattoos on his body: a bird and band and the names “Helen and Paul” on the inner side of his left forearm, a heart and anchor in red and blue on the outside of his right forearm, a flag and the initials “W.C.G.” on the inside of his right forearm, a butterfly on his left shoulder, the comic character “Jiggs” on his left ankle, and Cupid on his right ankle. Clothing found with his body bore a laundry mark indicating the owner’s initials were J.D..

Kingsbury Run John Doe #4 - DNA Doe Project

Description: Known as the “Tattooed Man”, John Doe #4 was a victim of a notorious Cleveland serial killer called the Butcher of Kingsbury Run. On June 6, 1936, his decapitated body was found next to an old freight shed near railroad tracks. His head was located fifteen hundred feet away. He had...

dnadoeproject.org

John Doe #6:

A notorious serial killer known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run was responsible for at least 12 decapitated and dismembered victims in the Cleveland, Ohio area in the 1930s. John Doe #6 was located on the Cleveland lakefront in plain view of City Hall on August 16, 1938.

Kingsbury Run John Doe #6 - DNA Doe Project

Description: A notorious serial killer known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run was responsible for at least 12 decapitated and dismembered victims in the Cleveland, Ohio area in the 1930s. John Doe #6 was located on the Cleveland lakefront in plain view of City Hall on August 16, 1938. Date...

dnadoeproject.org

 

[Melquiades]

Every time I read about this case, I’m baffled as to why the ‘Lady of the Lake’ isn’t considered a canonical case.

Same timeframe (just the year previous), same sort of injuries, found in *literally the same spot* as one of the other canonical torsos. It’s the same killer. Multiple torso murderers aren’t just wandering around the same city at the same time.

 

[DS2021]

THIS IS NOT A DRILL:

"In an exclusive interview with 19 Investigates, Dr. Thomas Gilson, Cuyahoga County’s Chief Medical Examiner, confirmed his office is teaming up with Othram and DNA Doe Project in a new effort to identify victims of the 1930s cold case murders."

19 Investigates exclusive: Unidentified victims of Cleveland’s ‘Torso Killer’ to be exhumed, tested for DNA

Over four years in the mid-to-late 1930s, someone murdered and dismembered more than a dozen people in Cleveland and dumped their bodies across the city’s east side.

www.cleveland19.com

19 Investigates exclusive: Unidentified victims of Cleveland’s ‘Torso Killer’ to be exhumed, tested for DNA

Over four years in the mid-to-late 1930s, someone murdered and dismembered more than a dozen people in Cleveland and dumped their bodies across the city’s east side.

www.google.com

Dr. Gilson told 19 Investigates DNA Doe Project, a non-profit organization, reached out to them.

Together, they’re trying to identify anywhere between one and three victims of the Torso Killer