Category: dismemberment

Woman Arrested in Gruesome Killing of Hong Kong Model

HONG KONG—A woman accused of assisting a suspect in the gruesome killing and dismemberment of model Abby Choi in Hong Kong has been arrested in mainland China and charged, Hong Kong police said. The arrest of the 29-year-old woman brought the total number of people allegedly involved in the case to seven. Police said they…


Woman Accused in Dismemberment Slaying Attacks Her Attorney

GREEN BAY, Wis.—A woman accused in a grisly killing and dismemberment case in Wisconsin attacked her attorney Tuesday during a court hearing, moments after a judge agreed to delay her trial. Taylor Schabusiness, 25, was seated in a Brown County circuit court when her attorney, Quinn Jolly, asked the judge for an additional two weeks…


Montana Inmate Confesses to 1968 Slaying, Dismemberment

HELENA, Mont.—A Montana prison inmate serving a 100-year sentence for killing his wife in 1983 has confessed to strangling, sexually assaulting, and dismembering a 19-year-old Helena woman 15 years earlier, authorities said Friday. Courtney Brooke Atlas, 79, confessed to killing Pamela Ann Dorrington, who disappeared in 1968. Part of her torso was found near the…