Student skinned alive before flesh used as suit in ‘Silence of the Lambs’ murder

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murder of a student who was skinned alive and found wrapped around a boat propeller – in a case that is regularly compared to the Silence of the Lambs – still remains a mystery to this day.Katarzyna Zowanda, went missing at the age of 23, and was later identified as the person found on a tugboat named The Elk in a chilling discovery.She was beaten, tortured and skinned alive following her disappearance in November 1998 before her flesh was made into a bodysuit and found in the Vistula river in Poland.Cops believe the killer prepared the skin so that they could wear it, in scenes which closely mirrored the grisly Hannibal Lecter movie.

Robert Janczewski, 52, had been a person of interest in the case since 1999 but it took a staggering 19 years until he was arrested on October 2017.He still denies the murder to this day and is still in custody after prosecutors called for his trial to take place behind closed doors, reports The Sun.It was reported that Zowanda's mum raised her suspicions after she didn't turn up to her doctors appointment.She was reportedly told to wait for her daughter to show up after she tried to file a missing person's report at her local police station.Almost two months later, the crew on the tugboat realised something was stuck and pulled open the latch to find human skin.The victim's leg was later found in the river following a police search on January 14, 1999.