CRIME HISTORY – Mad Butcherstrikes again

Published January 26, 2010 5:00am ET



On this day, Jan. 26, 1936, police found the third dismembered victim of the so-called “Mad Butcher,” sending Cleveland into a panic.

The body of Florence Polillo, 42, was discovered in a basket and burlap sacks behind a downtown business. Like the others, she was beheaded and cut with precision.

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