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NEWS ABOUT: decapitation

decapitation stories: 13 news summaries

 Thai Man 
 Kills Lover, 
 Decapitates 
 Her Child 

5-year-old stuffed into four plastic bags

Oct 14, 09 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man in Bangkok has confessed to murdering his lover and then shooting and dismembering her 5-year-old child, setting off a media frenzy in Thailand. The child's body parts were found in a deserted housing project, stuffed into four separate plastic bags. They were discovered by a garbage man on... More »

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Thailand • murder • Bangkok • decapitation

Cryogenic Tell-All

Ted Williams' Frozen Head Treated Like a Baseball

Former exec at cryogenics company details bizarre, unprofessional practices

Oct 2, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Williams’ frozen head has apparently not received the respect usually accorded to Hall of Famers. In a tell-all, a former exec at the cryogenic facility where the Red Sox slugger’s body resides writes that his severed head was propped up in a canister on a can of Bumble... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Baseball Hall of Fame • decapitation • freezing temperatures • Ted Williams • cryogenics • head • tell-all

Cannibal Mom Diagnosed With Schizophrenia, Depression

Decapitated baby's dad wants 'ultimate price'

Jul 28, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Otty Sanchez, the Texas 33-year-old who confessed to stabbing, decapitating, skinning, and eating portions of her newborn son, had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and postpartum psychosis before Sunday’s slaying, the San Antonio Express-News reports. She’s been charged with capital murder, and is currently in hospital under 24-hour surveillance.... More »

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Texas • murder • mental illness • San Antonio • decapitation • infanticide • cannibalism • Otty Sanchez • Scott Buchholz • Scott Wesley Buchholz Sanchez

(Newser) - A San Antonio woman has claimed responsibility for the grisly killing of her baby boy, saying she heard voices telling her to do it, the San Antonio Express-News reports. Police say the infant was stabbed, decapitated, and skinned early yesterday. Otty Sanchez, 33, says the devil told her to... More »

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Texas • murder • San Antonio • decapitation • infanticide • child murder • Otty Sanchez • Scott Wesley Buchholz Sanchez

(Newser) - Saudi Arabian authorities decapitated and publicly displayed a convicted killer last night, drawing fire from Amnesty International, CNN reports. A state press agency said Ahmed Al-Shamlani Al-Anzi was sentenced for murdering an 11-year-old boy and his father. The Saudis likely sewed Al-Anzi's head back on before his display, or "... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • murder • convict • beheading • criminal • decapitation

 Mexican Cops 
 Find 5 Heads 
 in Coolers 

Ice boxes containing human heads were inscribed with threats, taunts

Mar 11, 09 1:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police in central Mexico yesterday discovered five human heads in ice chests left by the side of a road, CNN reports. The heads—all male—had been severed only hours earlier, and the eyes of the victims were taped shut. The tops of the coolers were inscribed with taunts and... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • decapitation • drug cartel • Sinaloa drug cartel

(Newser) - As Mexico's drug war erupted in Ciudad Juarez, the bloody results inevitably ended up in one place—the city's overwhelmed morgue. Some 2,300 victims of violence rolled through its doors last year, reports the AP, a flood of death that has resulted in stacked cadavers and plans to double... More »

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murder • violence • Mexican drug war • decapitation • morgue • Ciudad Juarez

Greyhound Bus Killer Found Mentally Ill

Man who decapitated traveler committed to mental hospital

Mar 6, 09 9:07 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who beheaded and partly cannibalized a passenger aboard a Greyhound bus last July was found not criminally responsible and will be committed to a mental institution, reports the Globe and Mail. Prosecution and defense both argued that Vince Li was tormented by voices he believed came from God... More »

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Canada • murder • decapitation • buses • Vincent Weiguang Li • Greyhound • cannibalism

 12 Headless Crimefighters
 Found Near Acapulco 

Remains believed to be retribution for earlier shootout

Dec 22, 08 2:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexican police have found 12 headless bodies an hour away from Acapulco in the capital of Guerrero, a popular destination for Americans on holiday. The dead apparently included soldiers and a high-ranking police officer, reports the Los Angeles Times. Nine heads were bundled in plastic bags and dumped at a... More »

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Mexico • organized crime • murder • Mexican drug war • decapitation • drug cartel • remains

(Newser) - A man on the Greek island of Santorini allegedly carried his girlfriend's head through the streets before police shot and apprehended him, the BBC reports. The 35-year-old is said to have decapitated his girlfriend, a teacher in her 20s, slashed an officer, and stolen a police jeep—which he crashed... More »

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Greece • beheading • decapitation • Santorini

Canadian Bus Passenger Beheaded by Seatmate

Horrified witnesses flee savage random attack

Aug 1, 08 3:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A "totally calm" attacker stabbed and beheaded his seatmate on a bus in Canada, the Globe & Mail reports. In an apparently random act of violence, the man suddenly stood up and slashed his sleeping victim dozens of times with a hunting knife. Terrified passengers fled as the attacker... More »

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Canada • murder • beheading • decapitation • stabbing • buses • RCMP

Suspect in Ga. Hiker's Murder Denied Bail

Autopsy shows she was held captive for
3 days, bludgeoned

Jan 9, 08 2:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Gary Michael Hilton was denied bail this afternoon on murder charges in the gruesome death of 24-year-old Georgia hiker Meredith Emerson. The DA on the case says he has not decided whether to seek the death penalty, despite an agreement between Hilton and investigators to forgo it if Hilton led... More »

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death penalty • crime • kidnapping • Georgia • hiking • decapitation • missing person • Meredith Emerson • Gary Hilton • Georgia hiker

20 Headless Bodies Found Near Baghdad

Car bomb at bus
station kills at
least 20 others

Jun 28, 07 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty decapitated corpses were found alongside the Tigris River today, in an area where coalition forces have recently pushed to annihilate al-Qaeda militants. All young men, the bodies were bound and many heads were discovered nearby, the AP reports. The military drive in Salman Pak began two weeks ago. More »

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roadside bomb • Mesopotamia • Tigris • Salman Pak • decapitation • al-Qaeda

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