Behind the Headline: The Torso Murder
In 1986, a series of grisly discoveries across Knoxville shook the city. Body parts, placed in bags and suitcases, were discovered in different parts of the area. At Mead's Quarry in South Knoxville, a man stumbled across what he thought was part of a mannequin in a trash pile. He soon realized it was no mannequin, but a man's torso. The days that followed led to calls from across the area of similar horrifying discoveries, eventually leading investigators to literally piece together the victim's case and arrest two people who were part of a love triangle that soured. On this episode of Behind the Headline, we look back at how the case unfolded from the eyes of two journalists who covered it, and hear from them about how this was unlike anything they had ever covered before or after.
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