torso murder

American  

noun

1. a murder in which the body of the victim is dismembered at the torso.

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Example Sentences

By then, however, his reputation had long been secured with triumphs that began soon after his law school graduation in 1960 with the Torso Murder Case.

From New York Times

His breakthrough came in late 1960 in the “Torso Murder” case, in which Lowell, Mass., auto mechanic George Edgerly had been charged with killing his wife and dumping her dismembered remains in a river.

From Washington Post